CELEBRATING OUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY!

Please join Founders Susan and Jeremy Shamos, Honorary Chair Sharon Martin, and our Event Chair Suellen White, along with sponsors and friends from the community who champion the provision of mental health counseling services in 13 schools with over 4500 students enrolled.

ANNUAL LUNCHEON

Tuesday, May 6th
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon seating and presentation at 11:45 a.m.
Temple Emanuel
51 Grape Street, Denver

This year we will profile our partnership with the Rocky Mountain Prep Network of Charter Schools and our potential expansion into additional RMP schools serving many students from under-resourced communities.

Click here to become a Luncheon Sponsor or to make a gift.

Sponsorship

Please join us as a Sponsor and Champion for hopeful and healthy living today!

For questions about making your sponsorship or gift commitment, please contact Greg Movesian at gmovesian@centus.org or (303) 506-2204.

About Centus Counseling

Founded in 2010, the Centus School Counseling Program places experienced counselors & social workers in schools that otherwise would not have access to high-quality mental health services for students.

Our program promotes student development & achievement, while also equipping parents & teachers with knowledge and skills that help students thrive both in and out of the classroom.

After 11 years of creating and operating this program, our Program Founder, Dr. Susan Shamos passed the torch to a new generation. In honor of her the name of the program was changed to “Susan’s School Counseling: A Centus Program.”

The Centus School Counseling Program is focused on preparing young people to live vital, healthy lives! It is an extension of Centus Counseling, Consulting & Education – a Denver-based, non-profit that provides top-tier mental health & wellness services.

Centus Counseling provides the following services:

  • In-school counseling for individual students
  • In-school counseling for groups of students
  • Workshops & presentations for parents
  • Workshops & presentations for school staff 

Watch this video & learn about how Centus Counseling has helped children blossom.

Learn more about our Director Emeritus, Dr. Susan Shamos, and her vision for Susan’s School Counseling: A Centus Program

Our Testimonials

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From Our Students

Our Schools

The Centus School Counseling program currently serves nine Denver schools. Each school provides exceptional education to high-need students but does not have the resources to provide counseling and supportive services without Centus engagement, despite a growing need. Students, teachers & parents regularly work with a dedicated school counselor and child psychologist to uncover & address developmental and learning challenges, family disruption, discipline issues, and more.

Escuela de Guadalupe Elementary

660 Julian St. Denver, CO 80204

A dual-language K-8 school, Escuela teaches classes in both Spanish & English. Students are predominantly Latino, with 57% of students qualifying for free or reduced price lunch and 95% receiving some form of scholarship assistance. More than half of the students enter as native Spanish speakers. Despite the stress of poverty & language, barriers, more than 90% of the school’s alumni have graduated from high school or are on track to do so.

St. Elizabeth’s School

2350 N. Gaylord St. Denver, CO 80205

An intentionally inclusive K-8 Episcopal school, St. Elizabeth’s offers a sliding scale tuition system to make world-class education accessible to any child. Forty percent of St. Elizabeth’s students are from very low income families, and an additional forty percent are from lower-middle-income families.

Rocky Mountain Prep, Creekside Campus

7808 Cherry Creek Drive South, # 3-300, Denver, CO 80231

Rocky Mountain Prep is a Denver Public School Charter network, with elementary schools that serve low-income families and which emphasize academic achievement. Creekside is the network’s flagship school, and it serves more than 600 students (pre-K through 5th grade). The students are predominately African-American and Hispanic, and come from low-income families. More than 50% are learning English as a second language. Centus Counseling is proud to provide supplemental mental health services that help generate the best possible outcomes for these students.

Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment

1151 Newport St., Denver, CO 80220

Montclair is an ECE to grade 5 Innovation School in east Denver. Its education program is based on personalized learning practices with a strong emphasis on math, literacy, art music and tech. Part of Denver Public Schools, Montclair enrolls 400 students, 80% of which are minority and 75% are from lower income families. Montclair is a member of the Northeast Innovation Zone which consists of six innovation schools, grades ECE-12, that are governed by a nonprofit board, not district administrators.

Rocky Mountain Prep – Green Valley Ranch

4800 Telluride St, Denver, CO 80249

At Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch, we believe that students and families are partners in learning. We nurture independent thinkers and empathetic problem-solvers through our focus on academic rigor and love. Every child at RMP Green Valley Ranch can acquire the skill, knowledge, and understanding of themselves to lead a choice-filled life.

Manual High School

1700 E 28th Ave, Denver, CO 80205

Manual High School empowers students to step into their greatness and take their place in the world. The high school joined us as a school partner in 2022.

Newlon Elementary School

361 Vrain St, Denver CO 80219

Newlon is a dual-language elementary school nestled in the West Barnum neighborhood of Denver, serving students from ECE through 5th grade. The school has a long history in this community, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2020. Many of the students are second language learners and Newlon is committed to supporting their English acquisition with focused instruction that includes language development on a daily basis. Newlon has a broad team of supportive staff members with whom Centus is privileged to engage to add to the vital resources used to address the social/emotional, academic, and mental health needs of the student population served.

Denver Jewish Day School

2450 S. Wabash St. Denver, CO 80231

The Denver Jewish Day School (DJDS) has been educating the area’s Jewish youth since 1975. DJDS is an independent, Jewish community day school with approximately 335 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Financial aid is available to those who qualify. DJDS is committed to educating the whole Jewish child, inspiring them to grow intellectually, socially, spiritually, and ethically in a student-centered, challenging, and nurturing environment. DJDS’s pluralistic Jewish community day school prepares and inspires Jewish students through an extraordinary secular and Judaic education to live purposefully, act ethically, and thrive in the world. The Devri Chaim is woven into the curriculum, which includes purpose, kindness, community, integrity, and curiosity. Centus Counseling is proud to provide supplemental mental health services to help support the holistic development and support of DJDS students and faculty.

Rocky Mountain Prep, Fletcher Campus, Aurora

10455 East 25th Avenue Aurora, CO 80010

Rocky Mountain Prep Fletcher is a neighborhood charter school in Northwest Aurora serving PreK-5th Grade students. RMP Fletcher, believes that school is more than just a place for your child to learn academics. Through a rigorous education and a loving environment, the staff work to support Fletcher students in growing academically, blossoming socially and emotionally, exploring different interests (such as art, science, music, dance, and PE), and building life-long skills.

Manual Middle School

1700 E 28th Ave, Denver, CO 80205

At Manual Middle School, students are prepared for success in high school and beyond through high-quality instruction, an intentional focus on emotional intelligence and wellness, and opportunities to learn beyond the traditional classroom through the arts, languages, and expeditionary learning.

Rocky Mountain Prep – Ruby Hill

2626 W. Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80219

At Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill, we love to learn! Students enjoy reading, math, and science with exciting, high-quality curriculum and the best teachers in Denver. We’re also home to a free, high-quality after school program that provides additional enrichment opportunities to our students. Our loving, knowledgeable and supportive team helps kids reach their academic goals while providing a safe place to explore and grow.

Rocky Mountain Prep – Southwest

911 S. Hazel Ct Denver, CO 80219

Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest is a community school in the Westwood neighborhood serving students from Pre-K3 through 5th grade. We are founded on four key values and our students, staff, and families exemplify those values every day. We believe every child is a lifelong learner and elementary school is the foundation of that journey through rigor and love.

Rocky Mountain Prep – Noel

5290 Kittredge St Denver, CO 80239

Rocky Mountain Prep Noel is a small neighborhood school that offers a rigorous and loving education for all students. We do this by living the PEAK values every single day. At RMP Noel we offer a top rated curriculum for all students and a variety of extra curricular activities to ensure that every student has access to what they need to be successful.

Meet The Counseling Team

Our Key Community Sponsors and Donors

We are grateful to these Sponsors and Donors who supported Susan’s School Counseling Program in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 through program grants and the annual School Counseling Luncheon.  Please refer to the Honor Roll on the Centus website at www.centus.org for a complete list of donors to this and all other programs.

$10,000 or more

Anonymous
Sharon Martin
Susan & Jeremy Shamos
Kemper, Mariner

$5,000 or more

Judy Pottle
Ann Corrigan & Kent Rice
Joy Dinsdale
Lyndia & CY Harvey

$2,500 or more

Elisabeth Jacobson
Marsha Breit
Judy Shine
Alpine Bank
Honey and Chuck Goldberg
Gregory Movesian
Suellen and Travis White

$1,000 or more

Kelly Arora Board President
Paul Bretz & Brad Hoffner
Mike Hughes
Captrust
Suzanne & Mark Killmer
Karen Landsdowne
Holly McDonald
Leslie Sidell
Nancy

$500 or more

Kathy Hulse
Penny and Dennis Troutman
Dawn Crosswhite
Louise Westfall
Kathryn Ballinger
Kirsten and Eric Barnard
Tracey Campbell
Liane Clasen
Nadine Cochran
Hope S. Connors
Elizabeth Denham Thompson
Robert Edwards
Katherine Flahive
GrahamGolden Technologies
Emily Haller
Iliff School of Theology
Mountain Sky UMC Conference
Presbytery of Denver
Geoffrey Shamos
Ramsay and Holly Stabler
Julie Stagg Harrington
University Park United Methodist Church
Christine White
Keiko Yoneyama-Sims

$250 or more

Kathryn Ballinger
Tracy Chapman
Liane & Bob Clasen
Hope Connors
Robert & Anthony Colarelli
Geoffrey Shamos
Ramsay & Holly Stabler
Mariella Robledo
Vicki Sterling
Patti Marks
Craig May
Peggy Brannick
Jane & Tim Davis
Elizabeth Caswell Dyer
Chip Horne & Jan Kennaugh
Kathy Hulse
Larry Kueter & Rebecca Richardson
Dottie Lamm
Maeve McGrath
Jessica and Jeffrey Pearson
Marcia Robinson
RJ Ross
Kim Stone
Penny Troutman
Jan White

up to $249

Steve Volin
Carol Abramovitz
Tricia Campbell
Ms. Carolyn Craig
Susan Madden
Susan Madison
Barb & Charlie McKay
Kristy Meyer
Natalie Mohan
Brittany Schweer Rogers
Sally Shafroth
Irit Waldbaum
Julie Asplund
Elizabeth Schlosser
Krista Boscoe
Dina Bleeker
Izzy Breit
Becky Cunningham
Lisa Engbar
Leslie Hasche
Kim Johnson
Walter & Carolyn McCoy
Jay Mead & Carol Svendson
Nan Oudet
Mary and Tom Rogers
Sheila & Gerard Rudofsky
Karen Salvatore
Carol Whitley
Laurie Pechie
Haidi Demain
Kirsten Barnard
Ms. Helen Boyd
Adriana Murphy
Sam Walsh
Donna & Howard Lutz
Ryan Oravetz

Contact Centus Counseling

7887 East Belleview Avenue, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80111

303-639-5240

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