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Phoenixville Area High School students want change on how the guidance counselors are treating mental illness. Our goal is to get training for the counselor at PAHS to be able to spot the signs of a struggling student, understand confidentiality, be open and accessible to the students, and to have proper connections and/or strategies to help us students.
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June 25, 2019
I was reading through the messages you all left and my heart just sinks because there are so many of us dealing with this alone at school. I spent all night drafting a meeting request for the administration even though I am pretty nervous about sending it since they have been so quiet lately.
June 25, 2019
I really never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it just keeps growing. It feels like people actually want to listen for once instead of just pretending the halls are quiet which is honestly so huge and kind of overwhelming to be honest.
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I feel like the school never really helps me when I come to them my problems. They just end up calling my mom and that doesn't really help.
its honestly scary how little they seem to care when you go in for help. they just brush you off like its nothing.
fix this now. we need people who actually know what they are doing and wont just make everything 10x worse for us
I wish my school had something like this too, I think it's pushed aside or ignored a lot of the time.
i realized after i typed this all up i spelled counselor wrong so that’s real fun.
Mental health is just as important as physical health
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Phoenixville Area High School students want change on how the guidance counselors are treating mental illness. Our goal is to get training for the counselor at PAHS to be able to spot the signs of a struggling student, understand confidentiality, be open and accessible to the students, and to have proper connections and/or strategies to help us students.
Updates
June 25, 2019
I was reading through the messages you all left and my heart just sinks because there are so many of us dealing with this alone at school. I spent all night drafting a meeting request for the administration even though I am pretty nervous about sending it since they have been so quiet lately.
June 25, 2019
I really never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it just keeps growing. It feels like people actually want to listen for once instead of just pretending the halls are quiet which is honestly so huge and kind of overwhelming to be honest.
15 Comments
the things that i heard that are happening with students having their personal needs not met is not right. if someone is hurt they deserve to talk to someone if they need it.
I feel like the school never really helps me when I come to them my problems. They just end up calling my mom and that doesn't really help.
its honestly scary how little they seem to care when you go in for help. they just brush you off like its nothing.
fix this now. we need people who actually know what they are doing and wont just make everything 10x worse for us
I wish my school had something like this too, I think it's pushed aside or ignored a lot of the time.
i realized after i typed this all up i spelled counselor wrong so that’s real fun.
Mental health is just as important as physical health
Meet the needs
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the things that i heard that are happening with students having their personal needs not met is not right. if someone is hurt they deserve to talk to someone if they need it.