Margaret’s Place offers FREE, confidential mental health services to students at Duarte High School. Program services are provided by the Margaret’s Place Counselor, Carmen Reyna, ACSW. Margaret’s Place is located on campus when school is open in room 605. The Margaret’s Place Counselor is available Monday through Friday during the school day. Please feel free to contact her with any questions, or if you would like more information about connecting your student to services.
Margaret’s Place program services:
Intervention Programs:
Individual Counseling: Students who have been impacted by violence at school, in their community, or in their home, may qualify for weekly mental health counseling.
Group Counseling: Margaret’s Place will offer three groups during the school-year. Group topic to be decided and announced soon.
Safe Space for Drop-In and Hang-Out Time at Nutrition & Lunch
Crisis Intervention
Topical Workshops & Discussion Groups (based on student need/request)
Prevention Programs:
Youth Empowered to Speak (YES) Classes: 5-session violence prevention curriculum taught to all 9th graders. Topics include defining violence, teen relationship abuse, healthy coping skills, how to be a Responsible Bystander, and empowering students to break the cycle of violence in their own lives.
Peer Leadership: All students eligible. Peer Leaders meet once a week, to learn about issues of violence such as bullying, domestic violence/relationship abuse, racial/gender stereotyping and how they can create positive change. Peer Leaders educate and role model for their peers and in their communities the importance of speaking out and taking action against these issues to break the cycle of violence. Peer Leaders also receive special perks, such as fun field trips every year!
School-Wide Awareness Campaigns: The Margaret’s Place Peer Leaders assist in planning and facilitating two educational awareness campaigns for the entire student body. Every October campaign is dedicated to Domestic Violence Awareness, and Peer Leaders choose the spring campaign topic.
