As temperature rises and the Earth laughs in flowers, the campus embraces the spring season in its full bloom.
One thing before you take off your ties and blazers and ready yourself for outdoor hobbies: hold yourself and your friends accountable for your personal health, physically and mentally.
The Index is committed to representing diverse, authentic student voices from the community and providing channels of adult support to improve student health.
An Index news article in this issue discusses the state of nicotine abuse in this community. As students deal with various sources of stress and anxiety, some have sought this unhealthy coping method. In severe cases, some struggle with addiction. The Index is committed to representing diverse, authentic student voices from the community and providing channels of adult support to improve student health.
To a wider body of students, the end to an intense season of college applications and a rise in senioritis has not helped increase sleep hours. From daily conversations, it appears that students continue to experience sleep deprivation at different levels. Sometimes this leads to underperformance in class and in athletics. Reflecting off of Sixth Form Signet Member Joey Kauffman’s Reflection speech, when struggling with life, get sleep.
The point is, stay healthy, and take care of yourselves.
