By R. Currid – 72 – CCB Reporter

Photo of Mr. Ford and the article’s author, R. Currid-72. Mr. Ford is the Conwell Middle Magnet School Counselor. Photo courtesy of Ms. Williams, Conwell SBTL.

This week is National Counselors Week.  At Conwell Middle Magnet School we are celebrating our school’s counselor.  Mr. Ford came to Conwell when the previous counselor was going out on sabbatical. Mr. Ford filled the spot in 2013 for half a year, and soon became our permanent counselor.

Before Mr. Ford was Conwell’s counselor, he said he was a teacher of Technology at an elementary school. In the second month of teaching, he thought he needed to help the kids more and soon he became a school counselor.

When Mr. Ford chose Conwell, he had many other choices. It turned out that Conwell was an easy choice for him. 

When Mr. Ford was younger, he said that he was always good at school. However, he warned that students who think school is easy, and don’t need to give much effort, will need to give more effort at a Magnet school, such as Conwell Middle Magnet School. 

“Work gets harder,” Mr. Ford said, “then you figure out smart people work hard.” 

He went to all Philadelphia public schools, from second to 12th grade. At some point in high school decided to give himself a talk and said give it your best shot at the classroom and in sports and see what happens. It worked out that I was successful, got a college degree from West Chester University and the rest is history. 

Editor’s note: Leave a comment here to say a quick word of thanks to Mr. Ford!

Video of CCB Reporter Y. Hiraldo’s – 61 interview with Conwell Middle Magnet School’s counselor Mr. Ford for National Counselors Week. – Video edit K. Velasquez – 83 – CCB Staff.

To hear Mr. Ford share a bit about his counseling philosophy through music, play the video above!

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