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HCS Proactive to Help Students

Wed, Oct 19, 2011

HCS is taking a proactive approach to helping students deal with several highly personal issues.

At Tuesday's HCS Board of Education meeting, counselors Jessica Barnum and Courtney Simmons explained what they and others are doing to help students deal with depression, suicide and other issues. They also explained the school's efforts to continue educating students about bullying, and next semester the two will attend a program on safe dating.

The goal is to help students understand what resources are available. This semester, Bridges, a county-wide mental health organization, will present three one-hour programs to secondary school students in health class.

HCS also has a behavioral intervention team. This group meets each Monday to discuss issues effecting individual students so they can be prepared to help those students.

The counselors and others are responding to the results of a county-wide survey of students, and one they did of HCS students this fall.

Also on Tuesday, the board:

  • acknowledged the receipt of a donation from Slater Brothers Entertainment of $485 from this past August's Hamilton International Film Festival;
  • heard that the French and Spanish clubs plan a trip to Puerto Rico;
  • approved Barbara Orth as a full-time secondary science teacher;
  • accepted the resignation of music teacher Austin Kiley, who is taking a full-time position elsewhere;
  • approved coaches for the winter sports season;
  • and approved staff and volunteers for the fall play, Enchanted April.
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