Prevention & Wellness
Healthy, Happy Comets
At Mason City Schools, we believe in educating the whole child - helping students believe in who they are and who they can become by providing supports to foster their educational and social-emotional learning. We believe in building meaningful relationships with every student and helping them take care of themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Our prevention and wellness department is a multidisciplinary team ready to support the needs of all students. Our team works to promote student, staff, and community wellness through resource and program development as well as continuing to build community wellness partnerships. Supports and services provided by our counselors, mental wellness designers, and clinical team are available to all Mason City Schools students.
Our partnerships with Mindpeace, 1N5, Grant Us Hope, Joshua's Place, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital support these goals by providing access to therapeutic supports and services for students and families.
Help for Families
- If your child is at immediate risk for harm to self or others call 911 or take them to the nearest emergency room.
- If your child is not at immediate risk, however you are unsure how to proceed.
- Looking for non-emergency resources?
- Looking for Student Wellness Opportunities and Support?
- When are school counselors available to my child?
- If my child needs Clinical Mental Health Support during the school year, who should I contact?
- How can I help my child remain calm while home?
- What community resources are available for families?
- Where can I regularly get food?
- Where do I go to get my child assessed or evaluated?
- Who can I find to tutor my child?
If your child is at immediate risk for harm to self or others call 911 or take them to the nearest emergency room.
If your child is not at immediate risk, however you are unsure how to proceed.
Looking for non-emergency resources?
Looking for Student Wellness Opportunities and Support?
When are school counselors available to my child?
If my child needs Clinical Mental Health Support during the school year, who should I contact?
How can I help my child remain calm while home?
What community resources are available for families?
Where can I regularly get food?
Where do I go to get my child assessed or evaluated?
Who can I find to tutor my child?
Learn more about MCS Wellness Supports & Partners
- School Counselors
- Prevention & Wellness Designers
- School-Based Therapy
- School Psychologists
- Hope Squads
- Therapy Dogs
- SafeSchools Tipline
- Partners
- Student Wellness and Success Funding Plan 2023-2024
School Counselors
Prevention & Wellness Designers
School-Based Therapy
School Psychologists
Hope Squads
Therapy Dogs
SafeSchools Tipline
Partners
Student Wellness and Success Funding Plan 2023-2024
MECC
Shiner and Gibson support our students in grades preschool through 2nd grade at MECC. They are cuddly and love being with kids! They love stuffed animals, swimming, and dog treats! Shiner and Gibson visit with many students and classrooms throughout the day and love greeting students as they arrive at school!
Shiner and Gibson were donated by the Shine Like Sable Foundation.
ME
Titan supports students in grades 3 and 4. On especially fun days he walks through the halls to MI to support 5th and 6th graders as well! Titan loves when students ask to say hi and give him cuddles. He enjoys playing with his bones and being outside whenever he can.
Titan was funded through a grant from the Mason Schools Foundation in honor of MHS Class of 2020’s Jake Williams.
MI
Lucy supports students in grades 5 and 6! She even gets to walk over to ME to visit with 3rd and 4th graders sometimes! Lucy enjoys visiting students in class, being read to, and modeling how to stay calm, cool, and collected.
Lucy was funded in collaboration with Circle Tail.
MMS
Coleby supports students in the 7th and 8th grade at Mason Middle School. He is a super sweet and happy dog. Coleby loves to play fetch and is very polite. He also enjoys making new friends with the students and the adults in the building. Coleby assists in the counseling office and will visit classrooms too. When he is off-duty he enjoys fun adventures with his host family.Coleby was donated by the LoveLikeJJ Foundation.
MHS
Mr. Hibbs supports our students in grades 9-12 at Mason High School. When he is not out helping students, Hibbs spends his time in the counseling department. Hibbs loves when students pet him, wearing bowties, and making everyone that he meets smile. He also helps with Hope Squad. When he is off duty, he loves swimming, playing with his stuffed animals, and going for walks at the Cincinnati Nature Center.Hibbs was funded in collaboration with Circle Tail and Mason High School Hope Squad.