We Are The Legacy: Commemorating 21 Years of Active Minds Active Minds is a movement, a community, and a testament to what can happen when individuals come together to prioritize mental health. As someone deeply connected to its mission, Active Minds is a part of my identity, my journey as an advocate, and my experiences as a student. Reflecting on…
Prioritizing Mental Health After Tragedy with a School-Wide Mental Health Field Day: From the Advisors From the advisors (school counselors): Kaitlyn Robichaud and Courtney Selig This blog was written by Whitman-Hanson Regional High School’s Active Minds advisors about their experience supporting student-led efforts to advance mental health in their community. This is the second of two pieces sharing the story of these students’…
Active Minds Celebrates Surpassing 1,000 K-12 Schools in 1,000 Days: A Historic Milestone for Youth Mental Health We are beyond excited to announce a historic milestone in Active Minds’ journey: we’ve surpassed our goal of reaching 1,000 K-12 schools in 1,000 days, and we did it months ahead of schedule! Each of these K-12 schools joined our mental health movement by bringing Active Minds to their school,…
Remembering Brian: Twenty-Five Years Later At twenty five years, it’s about all the things he has missed. It’s the longing for everything that didn’t happen, the things that couldn’t happen, because he’s no longer here. Grief has been a strange road, one that cannot truly be explained. It started with being all-consuming, a disbelief that…
Have you requested the Active Minds Peer Powered High School Curriculum before? Please select... Yes NoIf you submit this form even though you have already requested this, our system will not resubmit it. Please reach out to Youth Leadership department at k12@activeminds.org if you need the curriculum link again. Since you’ve already requested this curriculum, we don’t want you to duplicate your efforts. To receive the download again, please reach out to our Youth Leadership department at k12@activeminds.org, and we’ll make sure you get it to you as soon as possible. Name of School (No Abbreviations) School is a:Please select... High School College/University School System/District Nonprofit Other Name of District In which state is your district located?Please select... AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Other (Outside U.S.) Other State: School Contact First Name School Contact Last Name Email RolePlease select... Administrator Campus Wellness Staff Chapter Advisor Counseling Center Director Employee/Staff Faculty Student Title Is your school a Title I school? Please select... Yes No Does your school have an Active Minds Chapter?Please select... Yes No What setting do you plan on facilitating the Active Minds Peer-Powered Curriculum?Advisory PeriodHealth ClassAnother Class PeriodActive Minds Chapter meetingsAnother student organization meeting (please list)Other Other What grade level(s) do you plan on facilitating the curriculum with (check all that apply):9th10th11th12th Approximately how many students will receive the curriculum?