News & Notes

Bradshaw Backpack Bulletin

Healthy students behave better, learn better, test better, and have more positive adult outcomes.

Feelings of stress, sadness, and loneliness are not just for adults. Students experience these feelings too and over time, they can really affect the child’s mental health. As an essential part of your student's overall health, mental health is directly linked with his or her ability to succeed in school. Both physical and mental health affect how we think, feel and act on the inside and outside. According to the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), these are the basic requirements for a child’s good mental health:

• Unconditional love from family
• Self-confidence and high self-esteem
• The opportunity to play with other children
• Encouraging teachers and supportive caregivers
• Safe and secure surroundings
• Appropriate guidance and discipline

Here are some signs that the NMHA says may indicate your child is having a problem:

• A drop in school grades
• Regular worry or anxiety
• Repeated refusal to go to school or participate in normal activities
• Persistent nightmares
• Persistent disobedience or aggression
• Depression, sadness or irritability
  
  Mental health issues can interfere with a student’s overall health and readiness to learn. If you think your student is experiencing any of these warning signs, you can contact your doctor, the school’s social worker, mental health counselor, school nurse, or the nurse practitioner at the Prisma Health School-based Health Center. Read about what every child needs for good mental health here. And learn about more Mental Health Facts for Children and Teens here.   

Los estudiantes saludables se comportan mejor, aprenden mejor, se desempeñan  mejor en las evaluaciones y tienen resultados más positivos como adultos.

Los sentimientos de estrés, tristeza y soledad no son exclusivamente de los adultos. Los estudiantes experimentan estos sentimientos también y la larga, pueden afectar realmente la salud mental del niño. Como parte esencial de la salud general de su estudiante, la salud mental está directamente relacionada con su capacidad para tener éxito en la escuela. Tanto la salud física como la mental afectan la forma en que pensamos, sentimos y actuamos por dentro y por fuera. Según la Asociación Nacional de Salud Mental (NMHA, por sus siglas en inglés), estos son los requisitos básicos para la buena salud mental de un niño:

• Amor incondicional de la familia.

• Confianza en sí mismo y autoestima alta.

• La oportunidad de jugar con otros niños.

• Profesores y cuidadores que lo animen y lo apoyen

• Ambiente seguro y confiable

• Orientación y disciplina adecuadas.

Estas son algunas de las señales que la NMHA dice que pueden indicar que su hijo tiene un problema:

• Cambio negativo en las calificaciones escolares.

• Preocupación o ansiedad constante

• Negarse repetidamente a ir a la escuela o a participar en actividades normales

• Pesadillas persistentes

• Desobediencia o agresión persistente

• Depresión, tristeza o irritabilidad.

Los problemas de salud mental pueden interferir con la salud general del estudiante y su disposición para aprender. Si cree que su estudiante está experimentando cualquiera de estas señales de advertencia, puede comunicarse con tu doctor, el trabajador social de la escuela, el consejero de salud mental, la enfermera escolar o la enfermera especializada en el Centro de salud con sede en la escuela de Prisma Health.

 

Registration Information

Student Registration for Rising 7th and 8th Graders

Rising 7th and 8th graders will be registering for next year’s courses the week of February 25th.  Your students will be making related arts requests and will see what core courses their current teachers have recommended.  The online course catalog for Berea Middle School will be available on February 19th and can be accessed at the link below.

Please talk with your students about the related arts courses you would like them to request before they register here at school.  Students know that they must choose wisely, as course changes are not made after the student registration window closes.  If you have any questions, please contact the grade level School Counselor: Ms. Sweatt -1706 or Mr. Long -2598. 

Student Registration for Rising 9th Graders

Rising 9th graders will be registering for next year’s courses the week of March 11th.  Each high school has an online course catalog, available on February 19th at the link below.  Please take a look with your student at the catalog for his/her high school, so that your student can make the best choices possible.  Typically, course changes are not made after the student registration window closes.