Mehkiyra, 5th grade, CCSA, 2025-2026.
Dealing with anxiety

Dealing with anxiety

By Jayden, Chester Charter Scholars Academy Healthy Highlights | Sometimes when I am nervous, or experiencing anxiety, I go to God and ask him to take away all my stress. Sometimes I…

Learning to deal with anxiety

By Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | Attendance can suffer when students are struggling with anxiety. Because students are feeling anxious, they may start to experience physical symptoms and miss school,…

Using music to start conversations

By Inquiry Charter Healthy Owl Times reporters | Elle.Morris, a member of the hip-hop group ILL DOOTS, can’t remember a time when she wasn’t singing. “I’ve been singing longer than…

Empathy unites people

By Yorkship Healthy Lion reporters | Next time you see someone who is acting out or saying something mean, ask yourself: Are they having a bad day? Is something going…

Art brought father and son together

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Lonnie Smith and his son Kambel once had a tumultuous relationship. When Kambel was a boy, Lonnie said, he couldn’t understand him very well. Kambel was not…

Dream garden

By Alma, La Salle Healthy News | If I had my own garden, I would grow vegetables. Those vegetables would be broccoli and carrots. I would also grow grapes because…

Art brought father and son together

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal reporters | Lonnie Smith and his son Kambel once had a tumultuous relationship. When Kambel was a boy, Lonnie said, he couldn’t understand him very well. Kambel was not…

Empathy unites people

By Yorkship Healthy Lion reporters | Next time you see someone who is acting out or saying something mean, ask yourself: Are they having a bad day? Is something going…

Two student-produced videos

Two student-produced videos were shown to spur discussion during the Healthy Conversations event in April 2026. The videos grew out of student reporting related to the 2025–26 Healthy NewsWorks reporting…

Connections take the spotlight during Healthy Conversations

“Being a reporter is really fun because I get to ask questions, get answers, and then put it in an article, and then it becomes really fun for me.”   That’s how one student reporter, Christian,…