Student Support Services



Sarah Fitzherbert-Velasco
Student Services Specialist
sfitzherbert-velasco@powayusd.com
858-538-5478 ext. 3331
Room 331
9:00 am - 3:00 pm daily
Instagram: mvms_student_services


Student Services Specialists support students around:

  • Brief social/emotional needs
  • Peer relationships
  • Conflict mediation
  • Academic concerns

Our Student Services Specialist also provides:
  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons along with our School Counselors
  • Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) and Stop Vaping lessons for 7th Graders
  • Brief interventions for Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
  • Mental health awareness education


Our Student Services Specialist is an Advisor for:

  • Club Live! at lunchtime
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The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact: Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, James Jimenez, Associate Superintendent of Personnel Support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128, 1-858-521-2800, extension 2121, jjimenez@powayusd.com. For students, you may contact Title IX Coordinator/ 504 Coordinator Jamie Dayhoff, Director of Attendance and Discipline, Poway Unified School District, 1-858-521-2840, jdayhoff@powayusd.com

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