Mrs. Law's Lexington Junior High Blog

Importance of Mental Health Did you know that, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, 20% of youth between the ages 13-18 live with a mental health condition and 8% of youth have an anxiety disorder?  What is even scarier to me is that according to the same data reports, nearly 50% of youth between ages 8 – 15 didn’t receive any mental health services in the last year. If you stop to really reflect on that, it would be unheard of for people to be ill with a physical illness and not receive any health care.  So that brings us to the question of why people aren’t getting the help they need.  “Many people feel embarrassed or ashamed of symptoms because our society places illogical taboos on mental health issues over physical conditions,” said clinical psychologist Nikki Massey-Hastings, PsyD. This can be seen even in the school setting.  When someone walks back into school with a cast or brace after breaking a bone or having ACL reconstructive surgery, other students

College Credit Plus The College Credit Plus (CC+) program is an opportunity for students to take college courses while still enrolled at Lexington.  This program is open to students as young as Junior High. However, we highly recommend waiting until High School to begin this rigorous curriculum. There are several details involved in participating in the CC+ program and students must notify Mr. Gerhardt or Ms. Cavalier to indicate their intent to participate in the CC+ program in the following school year. The deadline is April 1st. In order to explain all of the details of the program and to provide you with the forms necessary, all students and parents interested in participating in this program should plan to attend the Academic Options night Thursday, February 18 in the High School auditorium. Representatives from the Ohio State University and North Central State College will attend to share the opportunities available through CC+ with their college. Please see me if you are