This year, the La Habra City School District has provided monthly parent/caregiver workshops called Wellness Wednesdays. Our school psychologists and counselors have partnered up to help parents support their students’ education and wellness as well as their own.
Wellness Wednesdays are designed to provide valuable information and strategies for parents/caregivers and to have time to connect and share ideas with others. Topics that have been covered so far include strengthening family relationships, gratitude through the holidays, social media safety, drug prevention, and healthy communication. Wellness Wednesdays have been offered both in person and by Zoom, and our team looks forward to this continued parent outreach next school year.
Our community liaisons have been supporting food distributions at various school sites Districtwide. In partnership with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, there have been food distributions once a month at Las Positas, El Cerrito, and Washington Middle School.
The first Wednesday of the month, food is distributed at Las Positas; the second Wednesday, food is distributed at El Cerrito; and the third Wednesday, food is distributed at Washington. All families are welcome, and there is no need to provide any ID or address verification to pick up the food. Community liaisons, along with volunteers that include parents and middle school students, help with the food distribution. Each week, they serve approximately 150-180 families at each school site. The middle school Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) donated bags for families to use for the food pick-up.