Partnership Provides More Counselors for Low-Income Students [catholic-sf.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/20/194:00 AM

By Christina Gray, Catholic San Francisco, August 19, 2019

Five Catholic K-8 schools in San Francisco without the resources to hire counseling staff will have greater access to on-site mental health services in the 2019-20 school year.

Thanks to a partnership between local educators concerned about childhood mental health, DeMarillac Academy, School of the Epiphany, Mission Dolores Academy, St. James School and St. Peter School will be able to use public funds to fully or partially offset the cost of mental health services for students.

“Motivation and healthy children is half the battle in education,” said Jonathan Schild, associate superintendent in charge of student services for archdiocesan Catholic schools. “It’s important that our students’ minds not be hijacked by stress and anxiety.”

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