MMS Counseling Newsletter
January 2025
3rd Annual Mental Health Awareness Week - October 27th - October 31st
We are excited for our third annual Mental Health Awareness Week. This week our school will be encouraging our students to not ghost their mental health. We will be talking about mental health awareness since the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), says 1 in 6 youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health condition each year. Stigma associated with mental health conditions means that many youth do not ask for help or get the help they need. One way we can work to stop the stigma is to start talking about mental health.
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood through adulthood.
We will have themes each day that will include a question students can answer to be entered into a prize drawing. Winners will receive tickets for Activity Afternoon on Friday.
Monday: Don't Ghost Your Feelings; Talk about Them
Tuesday: Rest isn't Scary
Wednesday: Treat Your Mind with Kindness
Thursday: Carve Out Time for Yourself
Unity Day - October 22, 2025
Send a visible message of kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying by wearing the color orange on Wednesday, October 22nd. PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center started Unity Day in 2011. This is a day when we can come together to show our support, start positive conversations and send a message of building commUNITY.
Need a little help this Christmas?
River Falls Sharing Families (formerly Angels on Earth/Holiday Helpers) assists in River Falls families in providing a joyful Christmas for their children by coordinating gifts and monetary assistance for a special holiday meal.
Access Sharing Families application
Accepting the first 160 applications only. If not reached, application will close November 7th
Questions? email rfsharingfamilies@gmail.com
Help with Winter Gear
Basics for Local Kids offers winter-wear to kids in need ages newborn to 18 years old that live in Western Wisconsin. If your child is in need of items, you can click on Option A or Option B on their website to submit an online request form.
The School District of River Falls is partnering with The United Way and the River Falls Rotary Club by sponsoring a diaper/baby wipes drive from October 17th to October 30th. All sizes accepted but size 5 and 6 are most needed. Top houses in each grade level and the house donating the most size 5 and 6 diapers win delicious treats from the Rotary Club. Visit @RiverFallsRotary on Facebook to purchase diapers & wipes online. Donations can be sent to River Falls Rotary at PO Box 311, River Falls, WI 54022 Please memo: Diaper Bank Donation.
Unity Day: October 22nd
Mental Health Awareness Week: October 27th - October 31st
Activity Afternoon: October 31st