Hamburg School
Please take the time to read the important update from our school nurse, Mrs. Landrud, attached below. The school health office plays a vital role in ensuring the well-being of all students, and their safety and health remain our top priority. Your attention to this update is greatly appreciated as we continue to work together to support a healthy learning environment for your student(s).
Wallkill Valley Community Coalition Fundraiser
Fundraiser for the Wallkill Valley Community Coalition (WVCC) at Mama Cee's in Franklin. Friday, September 27 and Tuesday, October 1. 10% of all sales will be donated - dine in or take out...all day!
What is WVCC? The Wallkill Valley Community Coalition is a grassroots organization that was established in 2020 to address substance use among youth and adults in New Jersey. The coalition's goals include:
- Reducing substance use among youth
- Reducing substance misuse among adults
- Strengthening collaboration between youth and adult community members, public and private non-profit agencies, and local governments
The Anxious Generation
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the *play-based childhood" began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the "phone-based childhood" in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this "great rewiring of childhood" has interfered with children's social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.
