'We're still in the storm': Minnesota students struggle with mental health In a recent University of Minnesota survey, sixth through 12th graders across the state said getting help with mental health was one of the biggest challenges they were facing. Written By: Elizabeth Shockman / MPR News | 6:11 am, May 21, 2021 × Students gather on bleachers as a therapist leads them through group exercises for mental health during a student-organized school walkout at Tartan High School in April in Oakdale, Minn. Elizabeth Shockman / MPR News file photo MINNEAPOLIS -- Sixteen-year-old Kyree Wilson, an 11th-grader at North Community High School in Minneapolis, has been learning remotely since the pandemic closed her school last March. Being stuck in a room, only able to access her teachers and lessons on a computer with hit-and-miss internet has been hard.