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Student advisory council outlines mental-health outreach: classroom workshops, posters and a discreet teacher-contact system
Summary
Students on the district's Student Advisory Council presented a slate of mental-health initiatives including interactive fifth-grade workshops, poster campaigns with QR-linked resources, and a pilot "Spill the Tea" business-card system to let students discreetly request teacher support.
Student members of the Arlington School District Student Advisory Council presented the board on Tuesday with several mental-health initiatives they plan to pilot, aiming to increase early help-seeking and make resources more accessible to elementary and secondary students.
Students described three main efforts: interactive classroom workshops for fifth graders preparing to enter middle school; a poster campaign with QR codes that link to mental-health resources placed across middle and high schools; and a discreet method for students to request help from teachers using small cards (initially conceived as "tea tokens") that a student can drop in a box so a teacher can reach out later.
Alex Phillips, a 10th grader who represents Arlington High School on the Student…
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