Friday Night Live/Club Live - students from both schools volunteer to form a chapter that promotes a "no drug or alcohol use" message. This is done in a variety of ways such as: school dances, lunch time activities, assemblies and rallies. Conferences and county-wide activities are also included. Advisors: Yuri Penermon and Taigan Velo

LINK Crew and WEB Programs - the purpose of these two programs is to build connections between the upper and lower grade students in and effort to smooth the transition to a new school, as well as increasing student academic success. This is accomplished through orientation activities, as well as ongoing small group and structured activities. Advisors: Tracy Ramondini, Fern Wallace and Donna Motter

Peer Mentoring Program - the Friday Night Live and Club Live programs of the Sacramento County Office of Ed. Have received a grant to pilot a mentoring program in five Sacramento County schools. Smedberg and Sheldon have been selected to participate in this program. We began this program last year. Due to our success, the mentoring grant was funded for another year. Several Sheldon students from the Peer Counseling class have been selected to be mentors to students in Smedberg’s Opportunity class in need of positive role models. The students in the Opportunity class are striving to complete course requirements so they can become Sheldon students next year. The mentoring sessions will take place during first period one hour per week for ten weeks. Advisors: Yuri Peneromon and Leanne Ward

TUPE and PATFY Programs - these programs are designed to focus on the prevention, intervention and cessation of tobacco use amongst all members of the student body. This is accomplished through a variety of activities in Health classes, lunch time presentations, assemblies, and programs such as "Smokeless Saturdays" and the "I Quit" smoking cessation program and OCS intervention education programs. Advisors: Leanne Ward, Donna Motter and Michelle Parsons(parent-PATFY)

Counseling Department Support Groups - the counseling department offers a variety of student support groups when the need becomes apparent on campus. Support groups focus on personal awareness and skill development in support of student academic and emotional growth. All group meetings are confidential. Counseling Contacts: Dawn Leventon and Jerry Orgeron

SASSI(Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory) - the SASSI is an assessment which is administered to students who have been identified as having a possible substance abuse problem. All members of the Smedberg/Sheldon Counseling Departments have been trained to administer the SASSI. This assessment is extremely beneficial in confronting the denial issues often associated with substance abuse for students and their parents, and can often assist in their initial step toward recovery. Counseling Contacts: Any counselor

SAP Team Members

The SAP team is made up of all the advisors and counselors listed above. Administration is represented by Ramona Nelson. We are currently looking for community members who may be interested in working with these programs on either or both campuses. SAP Coordinator is Leanne Ward.