Project M.E.S.A. (Mesa's Education in Sexual Awareness) is coordinated through the Science and Social Sciences Department. The major purposes of Project M.E.S.A. are to assist parents/guardians by providing students with correct and understandable information about human sexuality, to promote wise decision-making in the area of sexuality and to emphasize that abstinence is the surest way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including AIDS.