Mental health awareness week comes to WCHS
By Emma Chen, Observations Editor
February 6, 2020
The week of November 11th at WCHS was Mental Health Awareness week. November as a whole is Mental Health Awareness month, and this was the was WCHS was implementing self care into the students' schedules. On Monday, students and staff wore lime green to show their support for the cause. Even ribbon...
Possible changes push to improve mental health at WCHS
By Anna Kronthal, Opinions Editor
June 5, 2019
A high school teacher from San Francisco has gone viral after making a poster that allows students to indicate how they are feeling mentally with colorful post-it notes. This innovative type of mental check-in begs the question: would something like this be beneficial at WCHS? High-school teacher...
MCPS Mental Health Fair educates students
By Eliza Asbury, Online Editor-in-Chief
November 1, 2018
On Saturday, Oct. 27, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Julius West Middle School, the Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement held the MCPS Mental Health Fair in accordance with Mental Health and Wellness Awareness Month. This fair provided resources and outreach to those suffering from mental i...
New mental health club brings positive message
By Bradley Furgerson and Eli Gordon
January 2, 2018
The CHS counseling department has developed a new stress management and mental health club called Thrive in order to help students identify healthy stress-relieving activities and maintain good mental health. Counselor Makeyda Soriano, who is spearheading this program, previously sponsore...
Stop the stigma surrounding mental health
By Eugenia Cardinale, Observations Editor
May 27, 2015
When I was in middle school, I used to cut myself. One day, one of my teachers made a joke about cutting. I sat there and watched my whole class laugh at an issue I was struggling with. It took me over two years to tell an adult about my cutting and depression because I felt ashamed, weird and afraid of...
CHS students attend national campaign on mental health
By Danielle Kiefer and Hannah Yasharoff
March 11, 2015
Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization that helps provide veterans and their families with volunteer mental health professionals, launched their Campaign to Change Direction at the Newseum March 5 to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness. Several CHS students attended the event through UMTTR,...
NHS walks to raise mental health awareness
By Birttany Goodman, News Editor
December 3, 2013
Members of the National Honors Society (NHS) are striving to increase awareness for mental health during the 2013-14 academic school year. "Our main goal is to actually make a difference and to take action on issues that we feel affect our everyday lives," said senior and NHS treasurer Shira Rodman. ...