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Mental Health Awareness Month: Managing Student Stress and Anxiety

School years should be a time of growth, discovery, and excitement as students get to taste the world and all its possibilities. Yet this time often comes with its share of negative emotions, too. The American Institute of Stress reports that 75% of high school students and 50% of middle school students are consistently stressed by schoolwork, while 70% of U.S. teens (aged 13-17) consider anxiety and depression to be major problems among their peers.   Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect time to highlight student mental health and take a closer look at how these issues affect learners in every corner of the nation....