Morning Workshops
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Afternoon Workshops
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Presented by Jeff Kramer, Comedy Sportz
Speak Up & Stand Out — Master Public Speaking
Intended Audience: HS Students
Cafeteria
Public speaking doesn't have to be terrifying. Whether you are presenting a group project, running for student council, or prepping for future job interviews, this hands-on workshop will help you find your voice, build serious confidence, and deliver your ideas like a pro. Any student looking to crush presentation anxiety, level up their group project skills, and communicate with confidence—no prior experience needed!
What You'll Gain
Build Leadership Habits & Skills: Learn simple tricks for strong body language, dynamic vocal control, and storytelling so you can speak with authority and get people to listen.
Build Positive Relationships Within the Team: Master group communication to make team projects painless, encourage your classmates, and build trust every time you speak.
Build Sustainable Common Processes: Get reusable presentation frameworks, slide structures, and practice routines that make preparing for any future speech quick and stress-free.
Improve Agility & Big-Picture Thinking: Learn how to handle unexpected questions on the fly, pivot quickly when things don't go as planned, and connect your points to the bigger message.
Presented by Kala Padmanabhan, SJSU
Pranayama - Breathing Techniques for Mindfullness
Intended Audience:
Wellness Center Classroom
Breathe In, Calm Out! Life can feel busy and overwhelming for both children and adults. In this family-friendly workshop, we’ll explore simple breathing techniques that can help release stress, calm the body, and create a greater sense of peace in everyday life. Together, families will learn easy tools they can use anytime—at home, at school, or whenever life feels a little too busy.
Come take a breath, slow down, and discover how something as simple as breathing can help you and your family feel more calm, connected, and ready to take on the day.
Presented by Dana Cook, Chidren's Health Council
Peer Support and Mental Health Leadership
Intended Audience: Students
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In this 1-hour interactive workshop, teens will explore what it means to support peers while caring for their own mental health. Participants will learn practical listening skills, ways to recognize when a friend may need extra help, and how youth leadership can create a more supportive and connected community.
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Student Panel Presentation
Intended Audience: Parents
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Presented by Yolanda Lopez Lopez
Leyendo Juntos, Creciendo Juntos
Reading Together, Growing Together
Intended Audience: Parents
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Leer juntos es una manera excelente de conectar con nuestros hijos y ayudarles a desarrollar confianza y amor por la lectura. En este seminario interactivo, los padres aprenderán estrategias sencillas y divertidas para hacer de la lectura en casa una experiencia más significativa y agradable para toda la familia.
Reading together is a great way to connect with our children while helping them build confidence and a love of reading. In this interactive workshop, parents will learn simple and fun strategies to make reading at home a more meaningful and enjoyable experience for the whole family.
Presented by Jerry Uribe, Excite Credit Union
The Missing Link Between Financial Literacy and Social Emotional Well-being
Intended Audience: Students
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Join our engaging workshop, “Establishing Your Financial Roots,” where we explore the intersection of financial literacy, psychological well-being, and fostering healthy financial habits in youth. Learn essential tools and practical strategies to cultivate a solid foundation of financial understanding within your family to enable and develop healthy financial habits from an early age. Topics covered including budgeting, saving, debt management, and smart-decision making. By addressing the psychological component of financial literacy, we delve into the emotions and beliefs surrounding money and how they impact our financial behaviors. Discover how to develop a positive money mindset that promotes financial well-being, psychological empowerment, and sets the stage for your future financial success. A healthy financial future begins with you!
Presented by Katie Yvanovich,
Burnout: Recognizing the Signs and Finding a Way Forward
Intended Audience: Students
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When school stress starts to feel like too much, it can be hard for teens and parents to know what will actually help. This interactive workshop will explore what burnout looks like, how to recognize when a student has moved beyond everyday stress, and why pushing harder is not always the answer. Teens and parents will leave with practical, realistic tools for helping students slow down, recover, reconnect, and begin moving forward with more support and less pressure.
Presented by Winston Ashby, PARTI Program
The Trusted Messenger
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Using storytelling, youth voice, small-group activities, peer discussion, and real-life scenarios, Winston creates a welcoming environment where students can talk about challenges affecting their health and their communities. Students explore mental and emotional wellness, bullying prevention, healthy relationships, substance-use prevention, positive decision-making, stress management, self-care, and help-seeking.
A central focus of the workshop is the Trusted Messenger approach—helping young people recognize that positive information is often most powerful when it comes from people they know, relate to, and trust. Students identify trusted adults and peers in their lives while learning how they can become positive messengers themselves by sharing accurate health information, modeling healthy behaviors, supporting friends, and connecting peers to appropriate adults and community resources.
The workshop will leave the workshop better prepared to:
Recognize healthy and unhealthy choices and influences.
Identify trusted adults, mentors, and community resources.
Practice positive coping, communication, and decision-making skills.
Understand the risks associated with substance use and other harmful behaviors.
Respond constructively to bullying, peer pressure, and stressful situations.
Support peers without taking on the role of a counselor or health professional.
Use their voices as Trusted Messengers to promote healthier, safer, and more connected schools and communities.
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Restorative and Healing Circles
Intended Audience: Families
Wellness Center Classroom
Presented by Anupama Gupta, Santa Clara County Office of Education
AI & Me: Learning, Creating, Connecting & Staying Well
Intended Audience: Families
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How can we use AI to support learning while protecting our thinking, creativity, relationships, and well-being?
Explore how AI is shaping the way young people learn, create, and connect. Students and parents will discover practical ways to use AI as a learning partner while building healthy digital habits, protecting well-being, and keeping human connection at the center.