Kimberly Ann McEwen

Enthusiastic High School Counselor with 26 years of success guiding students on academic, career and life decisions. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to the Depew Union Free School District.

• Created Mentoring program for DHS Academy of Finance program
• Created and implemented Cool Job Series after school for students
• Created numerous forms used in the High School Counseling Center
• Created the annual Junior and Senior Spring Review meetings
• Spearheaded the use of the scheduling feature in Power School so students could select their own courses
• Created and Facilitated Procrastination Workshop for students
• Assisted many families with creating memorial scholarships for our District
• Created and facilitated the annual College Kickoff in the fall
• Spearheaded the annual FAFSA/TAP workshop for parents and seniors
• Spearheaded and implemented the DHS Volunteer Fair
• Created and presented Workshop Wednesdays for students
• Created the Post-Secondary Options Fair in order to include not just college representatives, but Military, and other career training programs
• Selected to Mentor 2 new counselors in the district
• Supervised over 6 Counseling interns
• Volunteered to develop the DUFSD SEL Professional Development for Staff in the wake of COVID-19
• Co-facilitated a summer training for teachers entitled "Supporting Student SEL & Behavioral/Mental Health as Part of Our Re-entry Plan"
• Created a Virtual Wellness Center to assist and provide resources for students, families and staff during the pandemic

• ASCA (American School Counselors Association)
• NYSACAC (NYS Association of College Admissions Counselors)
• NYSFAAA (NYS Financial Aid Administrators Association)
• NYSSCA (NYS School Counselors Association)
• NYCA (NY Counselor Association) Past Membership Chair
• HSCA of WNY (High School Counselor Association of WNY) - Scholarship Committee, Past President and Past Treasurer

• Buffalo National College Fair 2010 - ACT/SAT session
• Computer Science for All in WNY Principals’ Summit 2018 - Presented about the importance of utilizing School Counselors as partners in building up the female and minority population in computer science/STEM courses
• Interviewed and featured in LINK - a supplement to Next Step magazine - in 2005
• Lancaster-Depew Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition - 5th anniversary Community Picnic & Meeting - I was on the Panel as a Presenter and spoke about available resources in the community
• NYSACAC Forum 2005 at Canisius College - Presented during the Opening Session: Bridging the Gap
• Presented and trained DUFSD staff and students on the Creative Problem Solving approach for the School Community Action Team’s Developmental Assets community program 1999

IMPACT Team (soon to be Key Club) Co-Advisor

• Created the website and ideas for the virtual Cayuga Heights Royal Family Ball 2021
• Chaired the One Warm Coat drive for 3 years (2017-2019)
• Suggested volunteering at St. Luke’s Mission for the annual Thanksgiving food packing event, and now it is one of our annual events that the students love to do
• Set up a joint group event with the IMPACT Team, Spanish club and French club to learn about Justice For Migrant Families, Inc. and then made holiday cards written in English, Spanish and French that were mailed to the immigrants/refugees at the Buffalo Detention Facility in Batavia.

R2R - Depew High School's Gender Sexuality Alliance Co-Advisor

• Scheduled and facilitated meetings with members
• Assisted with organization of events to include support, education and advocacy
• Organized our first tabling event for Transgender Day of Visibility
• Organized R2R Google Drive documents
• Created attendance log, monthly calendar, agendas

• Buffalo National College Fair Volunteer Committee
• Career Fair Committee- HSCA of WNY in conjunction with NFIEC
• Daemen College Scholars Day Interviewer
• DHS Building Council
• DHS Compact Team/ Shared Decision Making team
• DHS Wellness Day committee
• Depew Student Assistance Team
• D’Youville College Advisory Council
• Erie 1 BOCES ALP/OSP Advisory Committee
• Erie 1 BOCES External Review Committee
• National Honor Society Faculty Council
• NYSAA Targeted Skills Group
  I was asked to be a part of this Group for DUFSD to develop a plan to increase the number of students on a pathway toward a diploma
• Teacher Support Team HS Group #2 member
• United Way Day of Caring DUFSD Volunteer Team member
• University of Buffalo Secondary School Counselor Advisory Board