Anxious Kids- Anxious Parent Workshop Coming to ELHS!

     On March 7, 2017 from 6-8pm in the ELHS auditorium, we will be hosting a very meaningful parent workshop entitled, "Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents.''  Author Lynn Lyons, author of the book with the same name, will provide us a variety of valuable strategies on the following topics:

• Interrupt the Worry Cycle
• Prevent Anxiety and Depression
• Managing Anxiety in the Classroom
• Bringing the Changes Home

     With anxiety being the #1 mental health disorder in the world and with the pressures our young people are facing today, we hope this workshop will serve our students and their families with some helpful ways to cope with life's challenges.

February Marks National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

   

ELHS students gather positive thoughts on love and respect.  

     This month marks Teen Violence Dating Awareness month throughout the United States.  ELHS students have worked hard in the last week to bring awareness to an issue that effects over 1.5 million teenagers each year.   Sadly only 33% of these victims report these incidents to people who can help.      As a way to promote healthy dating relationships, students from our Health Seminar class encouraged the student body to take part in loveisrespect.org's campaign to define love and respect in the most positive ways.   Students were asked to post their thoughts on love and respect throughout the cafeteria.
     The topic of cultivating healthy dating relationships will also be discussed in our Advisory periods in the coming months.  Students will be given the opportunity to discuss in small groups the signs of both a healthy and unhealthy relationship and be provided tips on how they may help someone in need.
     Love is Respect.Org is an organization that provides a 24 hour National Dating Abuse hotline for those teens who are experiencing dating violence or are involved in an abusive relationship.  Listed below are some of their posted statistics and facts on teen dating violence.  I am so proud of our students for their participation and attention to this very important topic.

Statistics and Facts Related to Teen Dating Violence:  

• Young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of partner violence which is  almost triple the national average.
• Violent relationships in adolescence can have serious ramifications by putting the victims at higher risk for substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior and further domestic violence.
• Being physically or sexually abused makes teen girls six times more likely to become pregnant and twice as likely to get a STD.
• Half of youth who have been victims of both dating violence and rape attempt suicide, compared to 12.5% of non-abused girls and 5.4% of non-abused boys.
• Eighty-one (81) percent of parents believe teen dating violence is not an issue or admit they don’t know if it’s an issue.
• Though 82% of parents feel confident that they could recognize the signs if their child was experiencing dating abuse, a majority of parents (58%) could not correctly identify all the warning signs of abuse.

For more information, visit loveisrespect.org.  If you are someone in an abusive relationship, you can all the 24 hour hotline at:  1-866-331-9474