Student and Family Wellness
Our school district is committed to supporting students and families in healthy environments and with a culture that promotes and protects health and well-being. We are committed to providing opportunities for all students to reach their highest educational potential.
The district's school social workers share these resources with you to help you and your family navigate challenges. We invite you to reach out to our team or school and program staff with any questions, concerns or a request for more support.
What We Do
We are a team of dedicated helping professionals who meet state requirements to practice in a variety of roles within our district’s school settings. We work to address any possible barriers to learning that may exist in the classroom, community or at home. We strive to understand students' social and emotional perspectives so that we may help them achieve academic and social success. We want to be the link that connects school, home and the community and to provide beneficial and supportive services to students, families and staff.
Our team may:
- Coordinate and facilitate student meetings to address mental wellness, social and emotional coping skills
- Provide student referrals to in-school or community therapy programs
- Find support for family basic needs
- Address barriers to students’ regular attendance at school
- Provide crisis intervention and support
- Bridge the gap between home, school and the community
Our Partners
Sauk Rapids Rice ISD47 partners with Central Minnesota Mental Health Center and Lutheran Social Services to provide in school therapy services. Please contact your building social worker to make a referral.
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Meet Your Wellness Team
Rice Elementary &
District Community Outreach Liaison
320-258-1049 - Rice Elementary
320-258-1733 - District Outreach
email
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
email
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School
320-258-1412
email
Find Support
Benton County Community Services: 800-530-6254
Stearns County Community Services: 800-450-3663
AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Academic Support
Great Schools
Chemical Health
Al-anon
Alcoholic’s Anonymous
County Resources
Stearns County Adult & Family Resources
Benton County Family & Child Services
Local Shelters and Resources
St. Cloud Salvation Army
Anna Marie’s Alliance
Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center
United Way of Central Minnesota
Mental Health
Central Minnesota Mental Health Center
Child Anxiety Network
Minnesota Mental Health
Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Parent & Family Support
Health Powered Kids
Kid’s Health Webpage
Program for Early Parent Support
Parents Helping Parents
Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers (nasponline.org) (this handout is also available in a variety of languages including Spanish and Somali if you scroll to the bottom of the main page link)
Other Resources
St. Cloud State University LGBTQ Resource Center