The Santa Ana Unified School District is hosting the We Care Wellness and Education Fair on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Saddleback High School. From mental health services to early learning programs, the We Care Event promises a great day of fun with food and student performances.
Every family has a story, and every student’s journey matters! This year’s We Care – Wellness & Education Fair is centered around the theme “Your Story Continues”—a celebration of resilience, growth, and the resources that help families and students thrive.
Date: Friday, February 21, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Saddleback High School, located at 2802 S Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92707.
What to Expect: District Support & Community Resources – Connect with SAUSD district teams and over 40 community partners who will provide valuable information on student support services, education, mental health, wellness, and more.
- Access to Essential Services – Families can receive Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWORKs, and IHSS enrollment assistance to ensure access to healthcare and support programs.
- Early Learning Activities – Engaging experiences designed to help young learners develop essential skills for school readiness.
- Family Activities– Enjoy hands-on activities that promote health, literacy, and well-being, including a Glow Party Silent Disco!
- Celebrating Our Students – Experience the talent and culture of our SAUSD students through inspiring music and dance performances.
- Honoring Our Stories – We are proud to continue the book release of SAUSD’s very own, Our Stories Unite Us! Several of our community authors will be present to sign their stories and share their experiences.
This is more than just an event—it’s an opportunity to connect, uplift, and invest in the well-being and success of our students and families.
The SAUSD will provide transportation to the event, please scan the QR code in the flyer above to sign up.
If you want to see how your local SAUSD public school is performing, click here, courtesy of the State of California.
Here is the bad news regarding Saddleback High School:
Note in the graphic below that the Saddleback students are 46.6 points below the State standard on English Language Arts (reading and writing), and over 100 points below the State standard on Mathematics. Less than half of the students in the Saddleback High School English Learner classification are making progress. Only 34% of the students are at all prepared for College or a Career, and that figure actually declined by 8.8% in 2024.
Yeah exactly, how about focusing on their piss poor student literacy rates and rapidly declining enrollment numbers instead?
See the last few paragraphs of the post. Just awful numbers…
YES! OK one last post (these are all me posting stream of consciousness lol) just because this is such an important topic. Let’s look again at the graphics the state provided. Just to show how usuriously they actually take this problem, the state uses euphemistic color coding. It’s not “Red” it’s “FAILING”!!!! How can we expect these people to solve the problem if they refuse to even identify it! California politicians have deprived my generation of the education needed to get out of poverty, then saddled them with unmanageable debt, and created a world where we can’t even afford a place to live– while they attend gala luncheons and build up their real estate portfolios. It is absolutely scandalous! Vote these people out!
Amen!
Oh and of course. The usual suspects, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWORKS, and IHSS, will be on site soliciting enrollments– rather than the state focusing on, say, lowering cost of housing. The whole system is rotten to the core.