Olivia Miles may not be new to working at the school, but she is new to her position as the counselor for the Class of 2027.
“I just knew from past experiences that I really wanted to be the school counselor that I wish I would have had when I was these kids’ age,” Ms. Miles said.
Ms. Miles has been in a school setting for three years as a substitute teacher, a counselor intern, and a testing coordinator at NAHS, before deciding to be a counselor here. She was born and raised in New Albany and has wanted to come back ever since she stepped into NAHS. Ms. Miles got her masters degree in counseling at Campbellsville University.
“[I thought,] I’ll just get my masters and be able to be in a school setting,” Ms. Miles said. “I job shadowed a few times. And I just knew from past experiences that I really wanted to be the school counselor that I wish I would have had when I was these kids’ age.”
From her short time here, Ms. Miles already has some thoughts about it.
“It’s fast. I think that when I check off like three things on my to-do list that 20 more get added,” Ms. Miles said. “I feel very supported here. Everyone has a lot of patience with me being new. And I know that at the end of the day, I do the best I can. That’s all I can do.”
Along with her new feelings for the upcoming school year Ms. Miles, like everyone new, also has expectations for the rest of it.
“I want to make sure that all of the freshmen feel confident in the choices with classes that they feel confident with the pathway that they’ve chosen,” Ms. Miles said. “They know what diploma track they’re on, and they know the expectations for sophomore junior, and senior year.”
Ms. Miles is more than just a counselor though, outside of her job she likes to do what she loves for a break.
“I go on a lot of walks, I have a dog, so we go on a lot of walks,” Ms. Miles said. “I binge watch a lot of TV. I love nothing more than sitting on the couch and just binge watching a show till one am.”
Balancing her hobbies between work never really seemed like a problem to Ms. Miles. With early work time, she never thought work interfered with her free time.
“I know that works not going anywhere,” Ms. Miles said. “So you know, it’ll be here, there’s always work gonna be done. It’ll be here when I come back to work.”
