Support for Students with Additional Needs

It will be important to individually support access and functional needs for students who may be at increased risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, or those who have unrecognized illness due to COVID-19, with a tailored plan using existing student health plans to identify any additional accommodations. Working with each student's family may help to identify any unknown concerns and can help staff to make additional preparations needed for classroom and non-classroom environments. Site-specific hazard assessments should be conducted to limit risk.

Social Emotional Learning & Mental Health Support

Evergreen School District fosters a culture that promotes the health, safety, and well-being of students, staff, and families. As a key component to our curriculum program, we also provide mental health strategies to help our students learn skills to remove stress and cope with the ever-increasing competitive nature of learning. In addition, you will find that many of the resources we provide are also applicable to servicing our adult community.

A systemic approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) intentionally cultivates a caring, participatory, and equitable learning environment and evidence-based practices that actively involve all students in their social, emotional, and academic growth. This approach infuses social and emotional learning into every part of students’ daily lives—across all of their classrooms, during all times of the school day, and when they are in their homes and communities. All classrooms have been equipped with the Second Step curriculum to provide weekly SEL lessons to all students. Second Step programs are research-based, teacher-informed, and classroom-tested to promote the social-emotional development, safety, and well-being of children from Early Learning through Grade 8.

Please visit the Evergreen District’s Health and Wellness Connections resources by clicking the following link:

ESD's Mental Health & Wellness Resource Website

Evergreen staff and families also have support through our Care Solace partnership. Care Solace is an online resource with a live 24/7 concierge line meant to assist individuals in finding local mental health-related programs and counseling services. To use Care Solace, individuals answer ten basic questions in order to receive an extensive list of referrals to applicable care providers. Care Solace takes into account all types of private insurance including Medi-Cal, Medicaid, and Medicare, and those that have no insurance. The system also filters by age, gender, zip code, and special request.

Care Solace is available for use by Evergreen students and families at no cost. Please note, this service is an optional resource available by choice and is not mandatory in any way. Care Solace does not require a user’s name, address, phone number, or date of birth. All of the information that is entered on their platform is completely confidential and stored securely.

Those in need of support may contact Care Solace 24/7 at 888-515-0595, email weserve@caresolace.org, or access our district's unique page: caresolace.com/evergreenfamilies.