PMSA Mental Health Club | Vulnerability

Chris of The Nehemiah Community Project led the PMSA students through a workshop about vulnerability, First, the group started off with an icebreaker where they used a ball that had written questions to choose from. The students passed it to one another for one full turn around the circle. Chris then started to ask the students about what they previously thought about being vulnerable. The students shared how they practice being vulnerable with friends and how maybe they can invite more vulnerability into their friendships.

Thank you, Chris and the students, for another great conversation.

Proviso East Calm Room | Diamond Painting

Liz, our Program Assistant at The Firehouse Dream, is at Proviso East’s Calm Room every Friday for the remainder of the 24/25 school year. Last Friday, Liz took some diamond painting canvas to the students at Proviso East. The students are invited for their lunch period to come get creative with their peers. There is still time to visit the Calm Room every Friday for the rest of the semester.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Art as Therapy with Clay!

Before Thanksgiving break, our Program Assistant, Liz, visited PMSA’s Mental Health Club. At this club meeting, the students made clay figures. They used this workshop as art as therapy to help boost self-care before the break! Thank you students and Ms. Gart for showing up, we are grateful for the relationships we have built and continue to move forward with.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Somatic Movement

The team visited PMSA’s mental health club last week with Dahlia of Liberated Learning to lead a somatics movement with the students! The students were able to learn how to be in tune with their bodies and feel better with breathing and movement. Dahlia lead the students through multiple poses and helped the students learn what their bodies need for a mood boost. Thank you Dahlia for partnering with TFD and PMSA’s Mental Health Club!

We are so grateful for the participants who keep showing up for mental health club.

PMSA Mental Health Club | Grief and Memory Jars

TFD is back at the PMSA Mental Health Club with the HAP Foundation to lead a two-part workshop on grief. The students first learned what grief means and the cycle of grief. Grief is not a linear process and often is more like a cycle that can experience moving in different directions. We think students should understand that grief can be unique to the person. The session ended with some impactful conversations with some important questions from the students

In the second workshop, the students created memory jars. On the outside, the jar is decorated in remembrance of the individual important to the student. On the inside are little notes of memories the student has with the individual. This way, they can open the jar and be reminded of their loved one!

Thank you to the HAP Foundation for the workshop and the creative jars!