The Guidance Counseling Department offers support and assistance to students from first grade through eighth grade. LVDS counselors help students feel comfortable, happy and enjoy the learning process.

The guidance department offers teachers, students, and families a variety of services including a classroom guidance program and solution-focused individual counseling. The focus is to enhance every student’s academic and career goals as well as help develop personal and social awareness. Responsibility, self-esteem, study skills, organization, high school placement, course selection, and career exploration are just some of the topics covered with students and their families.