SDHS Wellness Center, located in room 805, focuses on the health, well-being and academic success of all students and families.

Wellness Center Goals:

Increase students’ access to support services that focus on physical, emotional, and social well-being. By providing a safe, comfortable drop-in center, all students have access to counseling and resources that promote wellness and resiliency.

Provide connections between school and community agencies to increase student and parent access to services and resources.

Offer activities, workshops, and targeted counseling groups that promote health, self-esteem, and empowerment. Coordinate guest speakers, newsletter/video announcements to school and families. Work to build a student-led wellness club.

Rm #805- Wellness Center Procedures:

• If a student asks to use the wellness center they must have a pass or they will be turned away. Clearly if there is a crisis and they don’t have a pass we will take them and call their teacher.
• Please do not write a pass the first 10 minutes of the period.
• Please use official white passes at all times. If you are out of white passes please write your extension on the pass so we can confirm.
• Please indicate the time they left on the pass. They will be allowed a break of 15 minutes and then returned to class. If they need longer we will communicate that to you via email or phone.
• If you are concerned the student is not going to the center you can write on the pass for me to call you when they arrive. You can also call/email later to make sure they arrived and when they left.
• We will write on the pass the time they arrived and the time they left which will help with accountability.
• If you would like to refer a student you are concerned about please email us or use the google form. https://forms.gle/Yi5wnfMUdR9GBsXB7

Please let us know if you need access to the digital wellness center sign in sheet

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Tara Monzet- Wellness & Guidance Center Counselor

Tmonzet@sandi.net

Stephanie Ahern- Wellness Center Coordinator

Sahern@sandi.net

On Saturday 10/29 the San Diego High Mental Health Awareness club (Cavers BC2M) participated in the Southern California Bring Change 2 Mind Mental Health Awareness summit at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Cavers-BC2M mission is to activate and empower youth to join the fight to end stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. United, we will create and advance innovative approaches and partnerships to start conversations around mental illness, share resources, and tell stories so everyone can thrive in a stigma free world.

We meet every Other Thursday at lunch in room 805. Next meeting will be 11/10.

Benefits include calming and relaxing, lowering anxiety, alleviating loneliness, enhancing social engagement and interaction, normalizing heart rate and blood pressure, reducing pain, reducing stress, reducing depression and increasing pleasure.