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    New school center gives thousands of Fullerton students access to health services and more
    • March 31, 2023

    Fullerton students have a new go-to place to find the resources they need to thrive in school, including health care or mental health counseling, free healthy meals, tutoring services and more.

    The idea behind the new Nicolas Community Center is to provide a one-stop-shop of various wrap-around services for students and their families. With a design aesthetic centered on calming natural wood tones and greenery, the center provides private spaces for students to utilize for telehealth appointments, connections to a local urgent care facility and two pharmacies that can help families without insurance and a free family meal once a week.

    Additionally, counselors, social service workers and a full-time community liaison will be on hand to help students and their families, both at the Nicolas Community Center and the six schools the center supports: Commonwealth, Maple, Nicolas, Richman, Valencia Park and Woodcrest.

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond high fives seventh grader, Leticia Cabrera at the opening ceremonies Thursday.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond meet and greets visitors in the new Nicolas Community Center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    Jeremy Davis with the Fullerton School District brought the decorations inside when it started to rain.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond meet and greets visitors in the new Nicolas Community Center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond gets some help cutting the ribbon from mom, Egleth Nuncci and her daughter Giulianna Nuncci, an 8th grader at the school.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    Students from the schools theatre department performed during ceremonies in Fullerton Thursday.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    A overflow crowd watch ceremonies for the opening of the Nicolas Community Center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    Nahara Sandoval-Luna recites the Pledge of Allegiance in front of the Nicolas Community Center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    Fullerton school superintendent, Bob Pletka (L), Jackie Gallardo (C) and Aaron Thakur cut the ribbon if front of the front door of the center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond greets Elsa Garcia Thursday in Fullerton.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond address the audience at the ceremonies for the Nicolas Community Center.
    Fullerton School District unveiled its new Nicolas Community Center at the Nicolas Junior High School, a place that will provide services to students like meals, mental health counseling, tutoring, other health care services(Photo by Contributing Photographer/Michael Goulding)

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    The goal is to meet students and their families where they are and to provide them with the tools and resources they need to be successful in the classroom and the community, said Jackie Gallardo-Hoffmaster, a program specialist for Fullerton School District.

    “What are different things we can provide so our students are feeling safe and ready to learn,” Gallardo-Hoffmaster said. “This is an opportunity for families and students to have a safe space where they can come and be vulnerable with us, and we can help them.”

    For now, the community center is open during typical school business hours, but the plan is to extend its availability once it gets off the ground a bit more, Gallardo-Hoffmaster said.

    The new Nicolas Community Center was unveiled by Fullerton School District on Thursday, March 30, with a ribbon-cutting and other festivities. California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond was on hand for the event.

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