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UO Students Volleyball Game Photos
University of Oregon student, Camille Rowe(on the far right) playing volleyball with a couple of friends at Amazon Park in Eugene, OR.
UO student, Camille Rowe getting ready to serve to her opponent.
UO student, Camille Rowe(on the right), passing the volleyball up to the setter(to the left).
UO student, Camille Rowe, places both hands on the volleyball to angle herself towards the net before she serves.
UO student, Camille Rowe, serving the ball to their opponent.
Greenhill Humane Society Video Story
Mental Health Rise in Schools due to Covid Story
It’s no secret that the COVID- 19 pandemic has affected the population deeper than a simple illness. While the physical toll of COVID has been at the forefront of the media for the past two years, affecting people’s mental health. A good percentage of that is children ages five to eleven.
With close to 55 million students having to do school virtually, school social workers have made a substantial effort amongst students’ mental health through grades, K-12 these last two years. However, the CDC reported that in the summer of 2020, one in four young adults had contemplated suicide. Social workers are now seeing new areas of worry about students brought to light by both anxiety surrounding COVID-19 and the subsequent school terminations.
Susan Remmers is a school social worker at a Eugene elementary school and has been for the past two years. Before being a social worker, Remmers was a clinical director and supervisor at her own private firm for 31 years. She entered the school system to diversify her expertise and focus entirely on children and adolescents, with mental health concerns rising at her school. “We’ve been doing threat assessments more often now than in the past because we have kids who are wrapping cords around their necks and running into poles on purpose. School has just become such a stressful environment for them,” she says.
A teacher at the same school, who asked to remain anonymous, responded similarly. “The kids don’t know how to play at recess without hurting each other. They don’t know how to accept the culture and environment of teachers having expectations and then meeting them well,” they said.
People are tired, they’re weary, they’re exhausted. Things are getting harder, and the long winter haul creates a lot for kids. It’s not complete hopelessness but has proven exhausting and caused a lot of burnout. The target nowadays for schools is about being a safe place and reteaching kids about the definitions of feelings, of emotions, and how to be aware of what they’re feeling in the first place.