Willis Jepson Middle School opens new mental health center

Willis Jepson Middle School opens new mental health center

The girls have known each other since preschool and banded together to create the Jaguar Zen Den after noticing students struggling with their mental health. VACAVILLE, Calif. — A Vacaville Girl Scout... Read more »
WATCH: School & Safety Officials Seek to Balance Preparedness & Mental Health

WATCH: School & Safety Officials Seek to Balance Preparedness & Mental Health

School district leaders and law enforcement officials walked a delicate line on September 21 as they discussed the need to keep students safe in an era of mass shootings while also assuaging... Read more »
How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe

How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe

Childhood can be hard even in the best of times. Children are inherently at a power disadvantage, still learning how to manage their emotions, and at the will of adults for food,... Read more »
Greenwood Community High School, Anthem to host mental health week

Greenwood Community High School, Anthem to host mental health week

The main entrance of Greenwood Community High School is seen in February. A mental health awareness week for students is set to take place there next week. Daily Journal File Photo A... Read more »
Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and... Read more »
Ole Miss’ DeSanto Rollins sues Kiffin, school over mental health

Ole Miss’ DeSanto Rollins sues Kiffin, school over mental health

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2023, 09:05 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Ole Miss defensive tackle DeSanto Rollins, who said he was... Read more »
Sauk Prairie School District focusing on mental health as new school year starts

Sauk Prairie School District focusing on mental health as new school year starts

Sauk Prairie High School Principal Chad Harnisch addresses students on the first day of school. The district is ramping up its efforts to help students with their mental health needs.  SAUK PRAIRIE... Read more »
Volusia joins 650 school districts in suing social media giants, citing mental health harm

Volusia joins 650 school districts in suing social media giants, citing mental health harm

Volusia County Schools is one of at least 12 districts in Florida and 650 nationwide that are suing Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, as well as other social media companies,... Read more »
School districts sue social media giants over youth mental health

School districts sue social media giants over youth mental health

The icons for multiple social media platforms – Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook – are displayed on a screen. | Unsplash/Dole777 A North Carolina education board recently joined around 200 school districts nationwide... Read more »
Social media giants like TikTok, YouTube fuel ‘youth mental health crisis,’ school boards claim in lawsuit

Social media giants like TikTok, YouTube fuel ‘youth mental health crisis,’ school boards claim in lawsuit

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). More than 200 school boards... Read more »
I Ditched Self-Help and Found Glee in Orange School Supplies

I Ditched Self-Help and Found Glee in Orange School Supplies

Iryna Tysiak / Unsplash When you’re learning to manage a mental illness it’s easy to get caught up in all things mental health. Doctor’s appointments. Supports groups. Psycho-education classes (if you’re lucky).... Read more »
How one Philadelphia principal is leading her school through an asbestos crisis

How one Philadelphia principal is leading her school through an asbestos crisis

How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs. Philadelphia school days have been upended by the... Read more »
Students Say Christie Campus Health Services Help Them Remain Enrolled in School in Independent Survey of College Mental Health Services

Students Say Christie Campus Health Services Help Them Remain Enrolled in School in Independent Survey of College Mental Health Services

LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A new independent survey of more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students at nearly 60 institutions conducted by the Office of Planning and Evaluation at... Read more »
Mental health is the focus at Back to School Wellness Day

Mental health is the focus at Back to School Wellness Day

Detective Elaine Settle places a sticker on Keiron Hedley’s shirt while Kyiron Hedley, 8 and Sophie Hedley watch. The Darren Clark Jr Memorial hosts a Back to School Wellness Day, with a... Read more »
Milwaukee teens want mental health counselors in school, not police.

Milwaukee teens want mental health counselors in school, not police.

Larry Dorsey is hard to miss, standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall with a huge Afro. “People always ask me if I play basketball. I do, but I love other things too,... Read more »
Michigan mother of child in mental health crisis fears school shooting could happen again

Michigan mother of child in mental health crisis fears school shooting could happen again

(CBS DETROIT) – As much of the state listens in about the psyche of the Oxford High School shooter, for Cam Romanelli, the descriptions are all too familiar, explained here in a... Read more »
🌱 Mindfulness For Chronic Pain + ‘The Prophets’ Author + School Expo

🌱 Mindfulness For Chronic Pain + ‘The Prophets’ Author + School Expo

Hello, everybody! I’m back in your inbox this morning with everything you need to know about what’s happening these days in town. Today you’ll read about: Christmas in July Bingo at the... Read more »
Tillis, local leaders discuss federal funding needs for school mental health and safety

Tillis, local leaders discuss federal funding needs for school mental health and safety

Sen. Thom Tillis meets with local leaders to discuss school mental health and safety. (Port City Daily/Brenna Flanagan) NEW HANOVER — State and local leaders met in Wilmington Monday to discuss mental... Read more »
#EmpoweringEdVentures begin the Monday Class with Super Breath Powers for a Magical School Week!

#EmpoweringEdVentures begin the Monday Class with Super Breath Powers for a Magical School Week!

Mindful Monday – Super Breath Powers for a Magical Week introduces children to mindfulness and its enchanting connection with mindful breathing. With a step-by-step process, young readers learn to activate their Super... Read more »
By combining self-help and literature, the School of Life’s first novel does both a disservice | Books

By combining self-help and literature, the School of Life’s first novel does both a disservice | Books

At 29 years old, Anna is full of self-loathing. She hates her job, her boyfriend is having an affair and her parents’ response to her troubles is indifferent at best. This is... Read more »
Sauk Prairie School District focusing on mental health as new school year starts

The Power of Mental Wellness: How it Can Help Students Thrive in School and Beyond

Mental wellness plays a vital role in the overall well-being of students. It affects their academic performance, social interactions, and overall quality of life. When students have a healthy mindset, they are... Read more »
Sauk Prairie School District focusing on mental health as new school year starts

Therapy dogs help students at Fresno, CA school district

Four-year old Scout and 12-year old Jeter are cockapoos who serve the Selma Unified School District as therapy dogs. Kristy Rangel If students at Selma High School in Fresno County ever had... Read more »
At Portland’s Franklin High School, a year no one could have predicted

At Portland’s Franklin High School, a year no one could have predicted

When the members of the Franklin High School class of 2023 take center stage at Providence Park on Tuesday, it will cap off a singular high school experience. Like so many other... Read more »
Why Mental Health Education Should Be a Priority for Every School District

Why Mental Health Education Should Be a Priority for Every School District

Mental health is an essential component of overall well-being, and it is crucial to address it early on in life. With the alarming rates of mental health issues among young people, it... Read more »
From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

As the pandemic exacerbated mental health challenges for schools nationwide, Sonny Thadani realized students and teachers weren’t the only ones in need of support. As the co-founder of Robin, an educational technology... Read more »
How Much Does a Public School Stand to Lose When Cyberattacks Go Undetected? : Risk & Insurance

How Much Does a Public School Stand to Lose When Cyberattacks Go Undetected? : Risk & Insurance

This fictive scenario sees U.S. public schools falling victim time and time again to elaborate social engineering schemes concocted by dastardly cybercriminals. But the fiction only goes so deep when looked at... Read more »
High School students are struggling with mental health issues

High School students are struggling with mental health issues

Teen suicide Myles Thompson is a student at Columbus Alternative High School. This piece was written for Columbus Journalists in Training, a program sponsored by the Columbus Dispatch and Society of Professional... Read more »
Anne Arundel Teacher of the Year is ‘stretching wellness’ by incorporating yoga at Annapolis High School – Baltimore Sun

Anne Arundel Teacher of the Year is ‘stretching wellness’ by incorporating yoga at Annapolis High School – Baltimore Sun

On a recent afternoon, Annapolis High School physical education teacher Mary Kay Connerton led a freshman science class through a 10-minute yoga break to learn a modified sun salutation. With the lights... Read more »
To fight the mental health crisis, an Ohio school is trying everything

To fight the mental health crisis, an Ohio school is trying everything

From home visits to grocery donations to therapy sessions to animal encounters, this Ohio campus is grasping for every possible remedy April 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Lisa Mahorney, dean of... Read more »
Gov. Evers: Highlights investments to expand access to mental health support for kids at school

Gov. Evers: Highlights investments to expand access to mental health support for kids at school

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers this week will visit kids and schools and meet with children’s mental health professionals and advocates across the state to highlight initiatives included in his 2023-25 budget... Read more »
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