Supporting Mental Health of High Schoolers

Funded Aug 12, 2024

I want to begin by showing immense gratitude for your generosity. Our students have been using all the supplies received. Students have used music, art, games and sensory toys as a way to ease their anxieties, regulate, recenter, communicate and build/rebuild relationships. The students were ecstatic when the guitar, arts and crafts and the fluffy chair came. They come and borrow sensory toys to use in classrooms such as the squish balls to help with their ADHD or anxiety. They have expressed feeling welcomed and seen in our counseling office spaces. Next steps, a group of students are working on using the mirrors in the girls and boys bathroom and providing words of affirmation on the mirror to improve self esteem. Our students are very crafty and artistic and we want to continue to foster that as a positive coping skill in our counseling.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Santana