School Counseling

Learn about our counselor services and our school counselor!

Character Counts

Lyles-Crouch is a National School of Character and is committed to developing good minds and good hearts. We focus on The Six Pillars of Character:

• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Fairness
• Caring
• Citizenship

Students learn about these pillars through dedicated classroom lessons from the counselor, school-wide events and assemblies, and from their classroom teacher.

ROARS Community Service Program

At LCTA, we promote good citizenship and applying the pillars of character in our community. Each month we suggest community service activities and collect picture forms and calendars from students to see how we are making a positive impact in our community.

Lyles-Crouch School Counselor

Rachel Hoover has been the School Counselor at Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy since 2022. She
holds her BA in Psychology/Criminal Justice (double major) with a minor in Sociology from Radford
University and her MA from the George Washington University in Education and Human Development
with a major in Counseling. Additionally, she holds an active clinical licensure (LPC) in the State of
Virginia. With 19 years of School Counseling experience Ms. Hoover has developed and implemented
comprehensive national model School Counseling programs for several school districts in the area.
Additionally, she worked for a grant funding project from the William and Melinda Gates foundation for
the eighth largest school district in the United States in an administrative role evaluating and enriching
school counseling programs within individual schools throughout the district. She volunteers for the
ECHO organization in Springfield which helps local families in need and her hobbies are focused around
family, pets and outdoor activities. You will most frequently find her on the water participating in a
variety of water sports and she is an avid sailor who races sailboats of all kinds in Alexandria, Annapolis
and DC.

Rachel Hoover, LPC, NCC
Counselor
Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy
rachel.hoover@acps.k12.va.us

ACPS School Counseling Services

Visit the ACPS website to learn more about the school counseling services available through ACPS.