SAC Corner

Issue No. 3

Heads Up!

What we are seeing....

As a district we are constantly looking for ways to support our students in being happy, healthy, and safe. We have noticed that the months that students return back to school (Sept-Nov) are the highest instances of vaping.

This could be in part due to the increase in opportunity to vape that summer break provides. When returning to school, some students may experience withdraw or cravings that lead to their vaping in school.

See the last issue of the SAC Corner (linked at the bottom of this issue) for more information on what to do if your kiddo is vaping.

Is your student talking about "wax" ?

Click the title above to be taken to an in-depth article.

The short of it is, "wax" is a slang term for cannabis oil. Commonly referred to also as weed wax, dabbing, dabs, butane hash oil (BHO), shatter, black glass, amber, nectar, or 710. This form is highly potent and can lead to loss of consciousness, hallucinations, and worse.

Go Be Bad At Something

“It’s a little insulting to people who have spent years and years of their lives acquiring skills to think that you should have those overnight,” says Ms. Schulz, of Los Alamos, N.M.

The linked article (click the title) also appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Detailing how it can actually be beneficial to allow yourself to regularly engage in something you aren't good at. From 1989-2016 the average levels of social perfectionism in college students has increased by a third. Imagine that level of anxiety, fear, or stress?

Megan Thee Stallion

Click the title to be taken to Megan Thee Stallion's new website that acts as a landing page for mental health resources. CAUTION: the website title and linked song both use language deemed inappropriate.

The website includes therapy connections, including free therapy, resources for suicide, crisis, substance use, and more specifically labeled ones such as for: LGBTQ+, Black Girls, Black Men, and more.

Being Proactive

Sensitive Content?

If certain content is sensitive or a "trigger" for you, try using this website:

https://triggerwarningdatabase.com/ for books

http://www.doesthedogdie.com before watching a new movie, tv show, or reading a new book. It lists a wide variety of content warnings. It is public/user driven - like Wikipedia.

Vaping Education Online Class - Sign Up!

If you'd like your student to join a free online vaping education class to learn the truth about vaping and receive a completion certificate, have them sign up here:

Have students go to everfi.com/register, enter code 8bdfd959 and click Next.

This is a Truth course supported by EverFi and monitored by our district SAC (me).

Teen Mental Health Temperature Check

Newport Academy is offering a guide on how to do a mental health temperature check with your teen(s) using 10 questions. Newport Academy also offers ways to incorporate evidence based "temperature" lowering activities into your teen's life and routine. Check it out!

https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/mental-health/mental_health_temperature_check/?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11_09_21_na_resources_temp_check&utm_content=1st_img