Project: Grade 12 Health Service Learning
Health Topics
Mental Health
Specific Health Community Problem
Students worked on fighting mental health stigma and spreading mental health awareness. They did this in the form of research and educational poster projects. The students also put together a handmade bracelet fundraiser in which they raised money for The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts or NAMI Mass which were sold at the school during Mental Health Awareness Month in May.
Guided Discovery
The students utilized Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data and National Alliance on Mental Illness to identify causes most interesting and important to them as well as to identify areas of highest need.
Investigation/Research
Students researched mental illnesses and mental healthcare and mental healthcare disparities locally. They came up with the solution to fundraise for the local cause NAMI Mass.
Lesson Plan with YRBS Data
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13JuU2MxzAiC6eQEM_s1Z-Z4aMovfOLVGHDoSFbZW__g/edit?usp=sharing
Solution
Students created awareness posters for mental health disorders, fundraised $150+ for NAMI Mass in the form of bracelet sales, and fought mental health stigma in the form of poster projects during mental health awareness week, May!
Community Impacts
Students fought stigma, educated their peers, and raised money for NAMI Mass!
Connection to Curriculum
Mental and Emotional Health [5.3.MH] Develop an awareness that emotions may be expressed in different ways (e.g., through body language, intensity of expression) by various groups and in different cultures. [HPE; SE] Explain the importance of talking with friends, parents, guardians or other trusted adults about feelings and emotions. [HPE; SE] Demonstrate how to ask for assistance with mental health questions, issues or concerns (e.g., challenges with friends, feeling anxious). [HE; SE] Demonstrate how to discuss mental health and mental health conditions in culturally responsive ways and in ways that reduce stigma. [HE; SE] Identify signs and symptoms of mental distress in self and others, and how to get help for self or others. [HE; SE]
SEL Competencies
Social Awareness
Specific SEL Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes
Persistence, determination, learning acceptance/awareness/openess
District Name
Essex North Shore Ag/Tech
School Name
Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Class/Program
Grade 12 Health
Number of Teachers
3
Number of Students
30
Grade Level(s)
9-12
Duration/Intensity
1 Semester
Community Partners
Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School (For bracelet materials funding)
Content Areas
Comprehensive Health