our vision

The vision of our School Counseling Department is to implement a comprehensive school counseling program that supports the academic, career, and social/emotional development of all students through the delivery of counseling curriculum, individual student planning, and responsive services. Our program is managed and evaluated through system support activities that also support the ongoing mission of the Bayless School District. Effective comprehensive school counseling programs are vital to our school’s climate and a critical element in the development of success ready students. Comprehensive school counseling programs have a positive impact on students, parents, schools and communities.

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Who We Are

Mrs. Lindsay Markus
314-256-8642
School Counselor
Grades:  K and 3rd
lmarkus@bayless.k12.mo.us

Mr. Rick Moll
School Counselor
Grades: 2nd and 5th
314-256-8622
rmoll@bayless.k12.mo.us

Ms. Amanda Najjar
School Counselor
Grades:  1st and 4th
314-256-8627
​anajjar@bayless.k12.mo.us

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Important Links:

• Trauma Informed Schools
• Career Planning - Missouri Connections
• Bully incident report

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Counseling Resources

​Suicide Prevention:

• KUTO (Kids Under Twenty-One) 644-KUTO(5886)
  
• Life-Crisis Services  647-HELP(4357)
  
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline  1-800-273-TALK(8255)
  
• Rainbow Youth Hotline (LGBTQ)  1-877-LGBT-YTH (542-8984)
  
• CHADS Coalition for Mental Health  314-952-2046    www.chadscoalition.org
  

Bullying Reporting and Prevention:

• CyberBully Hotline: 314-925-7116  (Text or Call)
  
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program  www.violencepreventionworks.org
  
• At the bottom of this page you will find the Bully Incident Report form.
  

Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention:

• Preferred Family Health Care  314-729-7050   www.pfh.org
  
• NCADA (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse)   314-962-3456   www.ncada-stl.org
  
• Al-Anon/Al-Ateen   314-647-1572
  

Individual and Family Counseling:

• Provident Counseling  314-533-8200
  
• Kids in the Middle https://www.kidsinthemiddle.org/
  
• BIAS Project Safe Space: https://www.bilingualstl.org/home/project-safe-space/
  
• Lutheran Family and Children’s Services (LFCS) – school based counseling: contact grade level counselor https://lfcsmo.org/
  
• Children’s Foundation of Mid-America: also has therapeutic mentoring program   314-504-1935
  
• Family Support Network  314-644-5055   www.familysupportnet.org
  
• Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services https://www.pchas.org/what-we-do/community-services/therapeutic-mentoring
  

Grief Support:

• Annie’s Hope   314-965-5015   www.annieshope.org
  

Respite Care:

• St. Vincent’s Home for Children  314-261-6011 ext. 176  (night: 314-791-7129)  www.saintvincenthome.org
  
• Youth in Need    636-946-3771   www.youthinneed.org
  
• St. Louis Crisis Nursery   314-768-3201  www.crisisnurserykids.com
  

Financial Hardship:

• Salvation Army  314-631-1133    www.stlsalvationarmy.org
  
• Feed My People  314-631-4900  www.feed-my-people.org
  
• St. Vincent DePaul Society  314-881-6000   www.svdpstl.org
  

Other Hotlines:

• Child Abuse Hotline  1-800-392-3738
  
• ALIVE  (Domestic violence)  314-993-2777
  
• Homeless Hotline   314-802-5444
  
• Rape and Sexual Assault Hotline  314-531-RAPE(7273)
  
• Behavioral Health Response 314 485 4635
  
• Missouri’s School Violence Hotline 866 748 7047