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Wellness Fair: Students navigate self-care By Robert Maddox & Thomas Jones STAFF REPORTER & INTERN
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PETTING STRESS AWAY| Bringing joy to those in need, Barklee and his helper Mrs. Lambert came out to assist s t u d e n t s a t t h e w e l l n e s s f a i r. “When you sit and pet a dog, or just interact with a dog it lowers your stress level, and lowers the stress hormones in your b o d y ,” L a m b e r t s a i d . ROBERT MADDOX
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WELCOME TO WELLNESS| Helping to bring the wellness fair to North, Jennifer Sherman wanted students to have multiple opportunities to learn about personal care. "We thought instead of talking about wellness in a presentation we could make them experience it and we could open up to the whole school," Sherman said, "Each station is open up with a different selfcare strategy and our hope is that someone finds the right fit for them."
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Farrah Fasse MANAGING EDITOR Grace Cueter PAGE EDITORS Kaitlyn Barr Bee Bielak Sophia Dragich Annabelle Julien Grace Rossman Bella Yoakam WEB EDITOR Jo Jackson
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MO V ING I T | Keeping things happy in the libra r y, s enior B ella S tephanof f is exci ted to help make her peers feel more c om for t able. “A ll of thes e s ophomores a re c oming up, and a t f irs t they a re shy, they don' t nec es s a rily v ibe w i th i t ,” S tephanof f s a id. “ T hen you have three of us , t r y ing to ge t them to have f un and the k ids le t their gua rds dow n and then bec ome more c om for t able.”
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SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Arei Swain
ENOUGH TO GO AROUND| General education social worker L auren Klein aims to help s tudents discover the various ways to resolve mental s tress. “A lot of s tudents might not realize all the dif ferent things that they can do to take care of themselves and help their mental wellness,” Klein said. “ This is an oppor tunit y for them to see what they're already doing that could be really helpful like lis tening to music or playing THOMAS JONES games or coloring.”
MENTAL HE ALTH ABOVE ALL | Sophomore Marisa Licavoli expressed that her want to work at the wellness fair was fueled by her desire to help people. “Mental health is really impor tant to m e a n d I t h i n k i t ’s i m p o r t a n t to reach out to my peers and make them know that their voices are heard and they do have safe places here a t N o r t h ,” L i c a v o l i s a i d .
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Kyleigh Egli STAFF REPORTERS Alyssa King Robert Maddox Jami Townsend
INTERNS Natalie Babcock Kate Bania Grace Cleary Olivia Dodenhoff Gabe Goode Thomas Jones Julia Liagre Gabe Loper Madi Lucido Katie Madigan Ella McCarthy Allie McIntyre Robb McIntyre Elly Meteer Gabby Miller Parker O'Neill Savannah Seabrooks Christina Shea Lauren Shipe Mia Stephanoff Lauren Veitengruber
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