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.
