Tag: mental health

  • Navigating the Roller Coaster of Growth and Stress

    Navigating the Roller Coaster of Growth and Stress

    By Michael Cole ’27 When has life ever been easy? A thrilling yet unpredictable journey filled with highs and lows – a roller coaster known as adolescence. Adolescence is a formative stage in life, marked by rapid physical, mental, social, and emotional changes. Academic pressure, peer influences, family dynamics, your social life, body image, and…

  • Chaminade Joins Thousands at Jones Beach to Promote Mental Health Awareness

    By John Leonard ’25 On Sunday, October 27, members of the Chaminade Family came together to participate in the American Society for the Prevention of Suicide’s Out of the Darkness Community Walk at Jones Beach. Here students and faculty, along with their families, walked for approximately four miles along the boardwalk to show solidarity with…

  • Students Manage Stress in the Art Room Before Trimester Exams

    Students Manage Stress in the Art Room Before Trimester Exams

    By John Leonard ’25 Preparing for trimester and semester exams can induce a little stress and anxiety in the students getting ready to take them. This year, to ease that stress, the Friends of Saint Dymphna, moderated by Mr. Adam Giardina ’03 and Ms. Heidi Hafner, hosted a “paint-by-numbers” event in the art room. The event…

  • Out of the Darkness: Friends of St. Dymphna Hope To Bring Light

    Out of the Darkness: Friends of St. Dymphna Hope To Bring Light

    By John Leonard ’25 On Sunday, October 22, members of the Chaminade Family came together and joined over two thousand other participants at the American Society for the Prevention of Suicide’s “Out of the Darkness” Walk at Jones Beach. Students, faculty, alumni, and family members walked approximately three miles along the boardwalk to show solidarity…