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Students lead youth wellness pilot at OnTrack Academy; organizers cite grant support
Summary
Organizers said a student-designed 'youth wellness zone' launched at OnTrack Academy in Northeast Spokane to address anxiety and economic insecurity; students used a 500-response survey to shape programs including food distributions, a planted forest and suicide-prevention outreach. Grant amount not specified.
Speaker 1, a community presenter, said young people in Spokane face “a lot of anxiety” and that economic insecurity is an underlying factor, and described a student-centered pilot called a "youth wellness zone" launched at OnTrack Academy in Northeast Spokane.
The program puts students in the lead on defining and creating wellness coursework, Speaker 1 said, with adults supporting the process. "They actually create the course as we go," Speaker 1 said, describing a classroom model that adapts to…
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