PUSD Wellness Center
The Wellness Center provides a range of resources to support students and families in meeting the challenges of adolescence through prevention, early-intervention and education.
Volunteer Mental Health Internship Position
Counseling Services
The Wellness Center offers free, confidential counseling on-campus and connects students and families to vital community resources.
Common issues addressed include:
- Academic Stress
- Parent/Child Communication
- Peer Relationships
- Anxiety and Depression
- Grief and Loss
- Substance Abuse
- Resiliency and Self-Advocacy
Students may access the Wellness Center directly by drop-in or appointment, or through referral from a parent, teacher or peer.
Student Leadership Services
Health Education
The Wellness Center provides programs related to health and emotional well being in an effort to build a safe and strong community.
- Student Assemblies (substance abuse and personal safety)
- Speakers/Films/Author Events
- Piedmont Parent Network Training and Presentations
- Parent Forums – Subject Specific
Hotlines for Students and Parents
- Youth Crisis Line (24/7): 1.800.843.5200
- Crisis Support Services (24/7): 1.800.309.2131
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24/7): 1.800.273.8255
- Youth Line (teenagers answer calls 4-8:00 pm weekdays): 1.888.977.3399
- Northern California Family Center (Runaway and Homeless): 925.370.1990 x2
- National Domestic Violence Hotline/Child Abuse (24/7): 1.800.422.4453
- National Teen Dating Abuse: 1.866.331.9474
- Parental Stress (24/7): 510.893.5444
- Bay Area Women Against Rape—Alameda Co.: 510.845.7273
- SF Drug Info & Referral (24/7): 415.362.3400
- Narcotics Hotline: 925.685.4357
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Peer Education and Leadership Programs
The Wellness Center provides Peer Education and Leadership Service programs for high school and middle school students. These innovative programs have had a significant positive impact on overall student health and school climate.
Peer Ambassadors are PMS students who participate in a weekly lunchtime roundtable facilitated by a school counselor. These discussions are open to any PMS student and include conversations about school culture and climate, often taken from students’ own questions and concerns.
Peer Mediators are PMS 7th and 8th graders who, after rigorous training, serve as mediators to any PMS students who choose to resolve their own disputes.
Peer Mediation Trainers are students who worked as Peer Mediators in the middle school and return each year to act as facilitators for new middle school mediators. These high school students not only train but also mentor the PMS Peer Mediators.
Peer Advisors are PHS Juniors and Seniors who meet weekly during lunch, and for three weekend retreats. These students teach the Every 15 Minutes drinking, driving and decision-making curriculum in the 9th grade Physical Education classes. In addition, they work with 10th grade Social Psychology classes to teach curriculum on relationships, drugs, alcohol and decision-making. Peer Advisors also serve as mentors to these younger students and extend their understanding of the curriculum to influence peers and keep one another safe beyond the school day.
Youth Educators are PHS Juniors who teach drug, alcohol, and decision-making curriculum to 8th graders. Youth Educators serve as freshmen orientation leaders for their 8th grade students as they transition to high school. The Youth Educators’ service includes intensive training and involves commitment to model safe, non-drinking, non-drug use behavior. Youth Educators teach seven one-hour lessons in the 8th grade English classes.
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