My students need tools to manage their emotions and mental health.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mika's classroom raised $220
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Our Wellness Center works with a student body of 1100 students mainly from low-income households. The Wellness Center is staff by a Wellness Coordinator, School District Nurse, Therapists, and a Community Health Outreach Worker. Services offered by the Wellness Center include individual therapy, group therapy, case management, sensitive services, and youth leadership development opportunities. Additionally, the Wellness Center hosts a Department of Public Health clinic on site two days a week. Students are able to receive various types of birth control, emergency contraception, and STI/HIV testing and treatment.
The Wellness Center also works with the administrators to implement and improve school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports, respond to crises, and host school-wide health and wellness events and activities.
The Burton Wellness Center is designed to address all the health and wellbeing needs of students and staff. Our students are unique and have an array of needs that we strive to meet within the Wellness Center. When we can’t meet a specific need, we collaborate with community-based organizations to come on site to support students or to refer and coordinate student connections to other agencies outside of school.
My Project
These items will be used in therapeutic settings in the Wellness Center and during our "Stress-Less Fest" which will be held during finals week. Finals and the days leading up to our long winter break can be extremely stressful for our students. They often time feel overwhelmed, worried, anxious, and nervous. Having essential oils, hand spinners and "theraputty" can help students ground themselves and self-soothe in a holistic way.
Our students have overcome so many barriers and obstacles to get to where they are today; when they come to school, we want them to feel calm, relaxed, supported, and ready to learn.
Please consider donating to this project so that we can continue to raise awareness about mental and emotional wellness!
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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