The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) and Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC) have teamed up with several local districts to install WellSpaces on school campuses. These tranquil spaces allow students to decompress, learn mindfulness strategies, and develop self-regulation and coping skills. The spaces are designed using feedback from student focus groups, biophillic design and other research based design concepts by our in-house designer and partners such as Design With Purpose. In the WellSpace, students are supported by school based mental health staff who help improve their overall wellbeing and mental health. Each space is intentionally located within a school campus, allowing access to all, and provides universal support to students to strengthen and improve their social and emotional skills, thus allowing students to achieve their highest potential.
If you are interested in creating a wellness space for students at your school site/district, please fill out this brief
Google Form. On the form, indicate the level of support you are interested in. After you submit the form, you will be contacted by someone on our WellSpace initiative team. *Please note: submitting an interest form does not guarantee approval for a WellSpace on behalf of OCDE and CHOC.
For more information about the WellSpace initiative, please contact Mayu Iwatani,
miwatani@ocde.us.
To date, a designated WellSpace exists at each of the following school sites:
- McAuliffe Middle School (Los Alamitos Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Oak Middle School (Los Alamitos Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Buena Park Middle School (Buena Park School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Gordon H. Beatty Middle School (Buena Park School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Buena Park High School (Fullerton Joint Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- La Quinta High School (Garden Grove Unified School District - OCDE/CHOC
- Pacific Coast High School (ACCESS Orange County Department of Education) - OCDE
- Marine View Middle School (Ocean View School District) - OCDE
- Vista View Middle School (Ocean View School District) - OCDE
- Spring View Middle School (Ocean View School District) - OCDE
- Mesa View Middle School (Ocean View School District) - OCDE
- Savanna High School (Anaheim Union High School District) - CHOC
- Brookhurst Middle School (Anaheim Union High School District) - CHOC
- Villa Park High School (Orange Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- University High School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Irvine High School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Venado Middle School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- South Lake Middle School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Sunburst Youth Academy (ACCESS Orange County Department of Education) - OCDE
- El Toro High School (Saddleback Valley Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Troy High School (Fullerton Joint Union High School) - OCDE/CHOC
- Los Alamitos High School (Los Alamitos Unified School District) - OCDE
- Niguel Hills Middle School (Capistrano Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Argosy (ACCESS Orange County Department of Education) - OCDE
- Hare High School (Garden Grove Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Plaza Vista K-8 School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- San Juan Hills High School (Capistrano Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Columbus Tustin Middle School (Tustin Unified School District) - OCDE
- Rancho San Joaquin Middle School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Creekside High School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Lakeside Middle School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Portola Middle School (Orange Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Fountain Valley High School (Huntington Beach Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
C. E. Utt Middle School (Tustin Unified School District) - OCDE
Imperial Middle School (La Habra School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Westminster High School (Huntington Beach Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Santiago High School (Garden Grove Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Brea Olinda High School (Brea Olinda Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Lexington Junior High School (Anaheim Union High School District) - CHOC
Tustin High School (Tustin Unified School District) - OCDE
Marco Forster Middle School (Capistrano Unified School District) - OCDE
Alamitos Intermediate (Garden Grove Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Ocean View High School (Huntington Beach Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Beacon Park Middle School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Estancia High School (Newport-Mesa Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Capistrano Valley High School (Capistrano Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
A WellSpace is coming soon to following school sites:
- Mater Dei (Private) - CHOC
Corona del Mar High School (Newport-Mesa Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Shorecliffs Middle School (Capistrano Unified School District) - OCDE
Marina High School (Huntington Beach Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Loara High School (Anaheim Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Ball Middle School (Anaheim Union High School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Back Bay High School (Newport-Mesa Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Harbor Learning Center -North (ACCESS Orange County Department of Education) - OCDE
Lathrop Intermediate (Santa Ana Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
- Cadence Park School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Northwood High School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Woodridge High School (Irvine Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Willard Intermediate (Santa Ana Unified School District) - OCDE/CHOC
Open WellSpaces are mapped below in blue.
WellSpaces that are coming soon are mapped below in red.
