Student Support

Director of Health and Wellness

The Director of Student Health & Wellness is responsible for monitoring and promoting the mental and physical well-being of all students, overseeing the tenth grade health curriculum and senior peer advising program, developing and leading education programs on relevant adolescent issues for the school community.  The Director of Health and Wellness is a mental health counselor who is available to see students one on one to provide counseling or referrals to outside support professionals.

Support Team 

Students are surrounded by a support team that consists of their advisor, class dean, Director of Health and Wellness, Director of Student Multicultural Affairs, Dean of Students, and Academic Dean.  Through careful coordination of efforts,  this team works carefully to support each student as he/she grows academically, emotionally and socially.

Typical Issues that students face include:

Ninth Grade:  support with transitional issues relating to friendships, developing study skills and time management habits, helping students get to know each other, introducing good decision making skills that relate to socializing and drug/alcohol use, managing stress and anxiety.

Tenth Grade: support with changing friendships/social groups, more information about drugs/alcohol use and decision-making, intimate relationship support, communication skill development, general teen health education.

11th/12th Grade: support with differentiation from parents and friends, stress/anxiety management, college application support, relationship issues, boundaries, communication with parents/peers, transitioning to college.