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Fremont-Elizabeth City High School, Elizabeth
In-School Initiatives. Peer leadership and student participation in mental health promotion
One boy attended the Reach Out and is involved in other activities, such as youth representative of Shine SA (Sexual Health Information Network and Education) and is on the School Youth Advisory Committee. Through his role he was able to influence the principal to include Health as a compulsory subject at Year 10. Other related activities he has initiated includes setting up an information board that advertises Reach Out! and preparing show bags for teachers that he distributed in a staff meeting.
Working with community
The Reconnect Program is an early intervention program funded by the Commonwealth Government. It aims to keep young people who are at risk linked to family and school, and potential employers. The program is delivered through Anglicare in SA. In the northern suburbs of Adelaide a meeting was held with all the school counsellors to provide information about the program. One of the Reconnect staff has developed an ongoing partnership with the staff and students at Fremont Elizabeth school, meeting with young people in the school and visiting them in their homes. As part of the MindMatters Plus initiative in the school, the Reconnect worker undertook the ACE training with teaching staff and then worked with them to implement the program with students.
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