Welcome to the HJH Wellness Center, a welcoming and supportive space where students can pause, reset, and receive guidance. We help students strengthen their emotional well-being, build positive relationships, develop healthy coping skills, and stay connected to their academic goals. At the Wellness Center, every student is encouraged to feel supported and empowered to thrive.
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Meet Our HJH Wellness Advocate
Mrs Nealey
Mrs Nealey
caitlin.nealey@hesperiausd.org
Wellness Advocate/Super Skills Teacher
Mrs. Nealey provides students with a welcoming space to talk, reset, learn coping strategies, and build skills that support success at school and beyond.
Can you please changed : Mrs. Nealey graduated from UC Riverside in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and later earned a Master’s degree in STEM Education. After 10 years teaching 8th grade science, she transitioned to Study Skills, helping students develop the academic, organizational, and life skills they need to succeed. She also serves as an HJH Wellness Advocate, supporting student well-being and a welcoming school community.
Outside of school, she enjoys running, reading, and traveling with her husband and their two kids. To THIS: Mrs. Nealey is a lifelong learner. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UC Riverside and later earned a Master’s degree in STEM Education. After 10 years teaching 8th grade science, she transitioned to Study Skills, helping students develop the academic, organizational, and life skills they need to succeed. She also serves as an HJH Wellness Advocate, supporting student well-being and a welcoming school community.
Outside of school, she enjoys running, reading, and traveling with her husband and their two kids.
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Use this guide to help connect students with the appropriate support. The Wellness Center is open during 6th and 7th periods and provides a brief opportunity for students to regulate and return to class. Counseling addresses concerns that require additional support or follow-up, while Discipline handles behavioral or safety violations.
The Wellness Center
Your well-being matters
We are here to listen & support you!
Healthy activities
Counseling
Academic support
Self-awareness
Self-management
Goal setting
Social-awareness
Relationship skills
Coping strategies
Need a reset? Come to wellness
Create healthy habits, not restrictions!
Tier 1.5
Understanding Our Student Support Tier System
The tier system helps us provide students with the appropriate level of support based on their needs.
Tier 1: Universal Classroom Support
This is the support all students receive in the classroom. It includes positive relationships, clear expectations, redirection, teacher check-ins, classroom interventions, and opportunities to regulate without leaving class.
Tier 1.5: The Wellness Center
The Wellness Center serves as a bridge between classroom support and targeted counseling. It is intended for students who need a brief opportunity to regulate, reset, and return to learning. Students may visit when they feel overwhelmed, anxious, frustrated, or emotionally dysregulated.
The Wellness Center is not intended for students to avoid class, assignments, tests, or consequences. It is also not a replacement for counseling or discipline. Whenever possible, classroom-based Tier 1 strategies should be attempted before referring a student to The Wellness Center.
Tier 2: Targeted Support
Tier 2 is for students who need more consistent support. This may include individual counseling, small groups, scheduled check-ins, conflict resolution, academic interventions, and progress monitoring.
Tier 3: Intensive Individualized Support
Tier 3 is for students with significant or ongoing needs requiring individualized planning, safety intervention, intensive services, or referrals to outside support.
Our goal is to provide the right level of support at the right time while helping students remain in class and access instruction. If you are unsure where a student should be referred, please contact the Counseling Office for guidance.
Junior high can be challenging, but you do not have to navigate it alone. The HJH Wellness Center is here to support you every step of the way.
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