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Students showcase leadership, and district highlights student-driven mental health wellness day
Summary
Fifth-grade leaders from Forest Elementary presented projects promoting kindness and engagement; administrators described the district's student-council–led mental health wellness day with 28 stations, SEL lessons, community partners and a student passport reflection model.
Fifth-grade students from Forest Elementary told the Troy City Schools board about a student leadership group that runs kindness projects, a Trojan store and other initiatives they say have reduced drama and boosted school climate.
"My name is Tully... My favorite project was painting rocks to hide it for Easter," one presenter said. Other students described a Kindness Scavenger Hunt and activities that aim to make school "more fun" and help peers feel they matter.
Separately, a staff presenter described the district's mental health wellness day, a student-council–driven event that pairs speakers on social-emotional competencies with more than 28 activity stations (kickboxing, pet therapy, coping skills bingo) and a passport system so students reflect on what helped them maintain wellness. The presenter said student council contributed more than 200 volunteer hours and that community partners including Miami County Foundation, Troy Foundation and Good Samaritan Health participated.
Board members praised the students and staff for organizing events that promote emotional awareness and peer support; administration said the program emphasizes positive, skills-based approaches rather than clinical instruction.
The district plans to continue the annual event and incorporate staff and community partners in future iterations.
