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Meet Ms. Rinkoski
My name is Emily Rinkoski and I am originally from Springfield, Ohio. I graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2005 with a degree in elementary education and moved to North Carolina to begin my teaching career. I taught 3rd grade for six years at Wakefield Elementary School in Raleigh. I loved teaching and watching all of the growth in my students, but decided that I wanted to reach students on a larger scale. So, I applied for the School Counseling Program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This program included a full year internship in order to implement the skills we are learning in class. Since I was very comfortable working with elementary students, I decided that it would be good to push myself out of my comfort zone and intern with a new age group. So, I interned for a year at Durant Road Middle School and learned a lot about adolescent students and how a middle school operates. I feel that this hands-on experience, along with my classes, really prepared me to be a successful school counselor.
I can't believe it's already my 5th year at Sycamore Creek Elementary. I have loved building relationships with the students, staff, families, and the community. I'm proud to call myself a Sycamore Creek Crocodile!
I can't believe it's already my 5th year at Sycamore Creek Elementary. I have loved building relationships with the students, staff, families, and the community. I'm proud to call myself a Sycamore Creek Crocodile!
Meet Mr. Zelski
Greetings! My name is Bryan Zelski and I am thrilled to be the 3rd-5th grade counselor here at Sycamore Creek. I was born and raised in Lansing, MI, and I attended Michigan State University with a background in sociology and psychology. Having an educational background in these related, yet contrasting, fields helps provide me with a unique perspective on human behavior and environmental influences.
Continuing my tradition of attending universities with a basketball powerhouse, I obtained my masters degree in school counseling from UNC-Chapel Hill. The program at UNC is predicated on the strengths-based school counseling framework which emphasizes promoting student strengths rather than focusing on problem-reduction as a means to help students achieve their goals. I have embraced this philosophy by putting it into action here at Sycamore Creek, where Ms. Rinkoski and I are designing and implementing initiatives and interventions that result in empirical improvement in academic achievement and behavior.
Thanks for visiting our website, and please feel free to contact me if there is anything I can help you with!
Phone: (919) 841-4361
Email: bzelski@wcpss.net
Continuing my tradition of attending universities with a basketball powerhouse, I obtained my masters degree in school counseling from UNC-Chapel Hill. The program at UNC is predicated on the strengths-based school counseling framework which emphasizes promoting student strengths rather than focusing on problem-reduction as a means to help students achieve their goals. I have embraced this philosophy by putting it into action here at Sycamore Creek, where Ms. Rinkoski and I are designing and implementing initiatives and interventions that result in empirical improvement in academic achievement and behavior.
Thanks for visiting our website, and please feel free to contact me if there is anything I can help you with!
Phone: (919) 841-4361
Email: bzelski@wcpss.net
