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MASSENA â Two area school districts have received funding for mindfulness programs thanks to the expanded mission and new organizational component of the Massena Hospital Foundation, called the North Country Wellness Resource.
Executive Director Julia Rose said a $25,000 donation from SeaComm in January has allowed the North Country Wellness Resource to provide funding for mindfulness programs in the Massena and St. Lawrence central school districts.
Mindfulness programs are used to help students and staff deal with the mental stresses faced on instruction, either remote or in person, because of COVID-19.
Massena Central Schoolâs funding will support the creation of mindfulness rooms for students and staff in each building, to go along with the schoolâs mindfulness program that was initiated this year. They are working with the Holistic Life Foundation Akwesasne for the program.
MASSENA — Fewer visits to the doctor and fewer elective surgeries have kept the St. Lawrence-Lewis Health Insurance Consortium in good financial shape for the 13 participating school districts and
MASSENA â J.W. Leary Junior High School will be offering mental health counseling for students after the New York State Office of Mental Health approved services by Citizen Advocates.
âCitizen Advocates has successfully provided these services for the last two years at the high school and subsequently applied to expand their role to the junior high,â Massena Central School Superintendent Patrick Brady said.
Mr. Brady said services will begin the week of Feb. 22, on Tuesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the high school and 10 a.m. to noon and at the junior high, and Wednesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the junior high and 10 a.m. to noon at the high school.