Adviser Update Spring 2016 | Page 28

Suicide Prevention Press Kit By Mitch Eden K irkwood High School journalism students will be sponsoring a Suicide Prevention Awareness Week at KHS April 25-29. Activities are being planned each day to involve all students at the school in hopes to educate, spur discussion and help end the stigma of mental illness, anxiety and depression. Our goal with the development of a press kit is to provide other media programs with some ideas and tools to either cover these important issues in their own media and possibly launch their own Suicide Prevention Awareness Day or Week at their respective school. Below is a list of resources compiled by The Kirkwood Call staff. The kit also includes Kirkwood High School’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Week and the activities we have planned. We hope you’ll join us with thoughtful and important coverage of these topics.