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%
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10%
of Sequoia students
attempted suicide in the
last 12 months
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of Sequoia
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it happen. Its sort of honoring our humanity and giving students a chance to
take a period off, if they need to just be.
Woodman tries acknowledge when
school gets more stressful.
Its silly, but having a stuffed animal
for Individual Oral Commentaries and
other little things like that can be really
helpful. Sometimes students need more
than that, of course, but its a good start
to have these little nuggets of humanity
and humor to acknowledge that students
are humans dealing with a lot of things.
Students can also help promote mental health recognition by joining the
Youth Advisory Board (YAB). Every year
the YAB puts out a survey asking about
sexual activity, alcohol consumption,
drug use and mental health.
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For the third year in a row, depression and suicide have been
ranked the top issues students want to see addressed at Sequoia,
based on the Youth Advisory Board Needs Assessment Survey.
Mental health is barely talked about due to stigma and
lack of awareness. The Raven Report has compiled important
statistics, personal stories and interviews with mental
If you are struggling with
health professionals to start the conversation.
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1) Assess
stress or sadness.
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2) Listen,
therapist.
Staff Editorial
th is often seen as a huge scary thing that is near impossible to fix. Addressing it doesnt necessarily require humongous projects or the complete
entire way our school is run. There are lots of little things that teachers, administrators and students can do to make a big difference. Here are
me of our suggestionswhich some teachers are already doingthat we feel should be baseline policies for all teachers to follow.
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ll things that teachers can do individually, but they will work so much better if administrators enforce them as policies throughout the school so
that students can expect some consistency between all of their classes. For more easy solutions, visit www.ravenreport.org.