Breaking the Stigma of Children and Mental Illness During Mental Health Awareness Month
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ It s okay to not be okay. Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness, even children. Rukshana Ilahi, director of special education at National Heritage Academies, shares that you can be young and still struggle.
Fifty percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, with an average 8-10-year gap between initial symptoms and intervention. In the life of a child, those are critical developmental years.
Melanie Steinlage, principal of West Creek Elementary Principal
Steinlage replaces Lynne Rains, who is transitioning to Barkers Mill Elementary as principal.
Steinlage has served as assistant principal at Byrns Darden Elementary School since 2018. Previously, she has served as an academic coach at Byrns Darden and Hazelwood elementary schools and a teacher at Hazelwood Elementary. During her tenure with CMCSS, which dates back to 2010, Steinlage has also served as a site-based induction specialist and on several school and district-level committees.
She earned her M.S. in Educational Leadership K-12 from the University of Tennessee Martin and her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida. Steinlage completed the McREL Balanced Leadership Training for Administrators, as well as several Kagan Professional Development workshops.
Murrieta Valley Unified School District implements RaaWee K12 Truancy & Dropout Prevention System in Support of Restorative Practices and District-wide Equity Goals
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Murrieta Valley Unified School District (Murrieta Valley USD), A California Model School Attendance Review Board District for the 2020-21 school year, has implemented RaaWee TDPS as their collaborative platform. RaaWee, an added toolset, supports the district’s goal of “boldly and aggressively advocating for justice, equity, and access for all students, parents, and staff.”
“Implementing restorative practices during attendance meetings with families is key to our efforts in addressing educational equity and student re-engagement”, notes Katy Wood, Coordinator - Student Support Services at Murrieta Valley USD, Murrieta, CA.
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In 2015, the Kansas City Museum in Missouri began a multistage, multiyear restoration and renovation in partnership with the city, its Parks and Recreation Department, and the Kansas City Museum Foundation. This time of change has been an opportunity to not only restore the museum’s physical structures, but to also reimagine the museum as a welcoming, inclusive, and responsive gathering place where visitors would learn about the past, present, and future of Kansas City, Missouri.
The Kansas City Museum formerly the private estate of lumber baron and civic leader Robert Alexander Long and his family is comprised of five original Beaux–Arts–style buildings on 3.5 acres in a residential neighborhood of Kansas City, adjacent to extensive and historic parkland. The museum began collecting in 1939 and boasts holdings of more than 100,000 artifacts and archival materials that document, interpret, and preserve Kansas City’s local and regional history.
Faith leaders ask mayor to commit to action to prevent gun violence
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Lexington Faith Leaders called for commitments to change on gun violence, school suspensions, and affordable housing at an event held in the parking lot of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church on Tuesday.
Hundreds of cars filed into the parking lot and listened to the event on their radios. Even more tuned in via Zoom, according to event organizers.
This was the annual Nehemiah Action event held by Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct-action or B.U.I.L.D. The group represents 26 congregations of different faiths in Lexington.