The wissahickon school district is remarkeable.
serving three townships in the northern suburbs of philadelphia.
Each year students head of to elite schools like stanford, princeton and cornell.
Wissahickon serves as a model for other suburban schools
However, it is not problem free.
Despite my pride & love in wissahickon highschool i worry about it.
While attending, i noticed, that wissahickon is suffering from a problem that is hurting children & teenagers from all areas of our country
Students at wissahickon have problems with their mental health status.
A member of wissahickons class of 2001 who was an honour student and a star on our girls track & field team committed suicide in her dorm room, during her freshman year.
Depression is an isolating desease.
19% of teenagers have admitted to suicidal thougts
8% have attempted suicide
It is the 3rd cause of death among teenagers following only car-accidents & homicide.
Suicide solution, society contribution
Infinite downtime, incompatible design.
Suicide kills 1600 teenagers each year, i was depressed.
It can be dead-mental if depression becomes to much
Every year, we a weight, measured, checked for sculliosis and tested for tuberculosis.
Tubercolosis has not killed anybody unter 25 in the past years
However, suicide kills 1600 teengers each year.
Depression is a silent epidemic among teenagers.
It is the 3rd cause of death among teenagers following only car-accidents & homicide.
With numbers like these and with stories of graduates leaving only to committ suicide less than a year later, it can be dead-mental if depression becomes to much
