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Anxiet G1i 2 Part Two: Suburban Districts Are Working to Prevent and Address What Some Are Calling Dangerous Levelsof School-Related Teen Stress o I lLES HERALD-SPECTATORI nilesheraldspectator.com WHAT TO DO Anxiet g1i 2 Part two: Suburban districts are working to prevent and address what some are calling dangerous levelsof school-related teen stress. Piges 4-6 CITADEL THEATRE Dickens classic gets fresh twist "Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits" runs through Dec.23 in Lake Forest. Page 25 OPINION Who's thankful for you on Thanksgiving? Some of us need help. And the rest of us have opportunities to help, to make our brothers and sisters thankful for us, Paul Sassone writes. The holiday reminds us we all live in this world together. Page 14 STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Mya, left, and Leila participate in the School Anxiety Program at Amita Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hosp tal in Hoff- SPORTS man Estates in May. 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KIMBERLY FORNEK AND "It gives them time to JENNIFER JOHNSON connect with their teachers, Pioneer Press connect with their friends or see people in student serv- Claire Buckley's day ices if need be," Bowen said. started before dawn. "They have time tot some Each morning, she would extra sleep. We are starring dress, gather her gear and to see some of the positive leave her Barrington home impact" to catch a6a.m. bus to her Many school districts, in- destination - not to a job in eluding officials with Him- downtown Chicago, but as a dale High School District86, freshman in high school. are assembling community "These days we're asking groups to study stress levels of our teens what very few among students. adults are required to do,' Hinsdale High School said Claire's mother, Melissa District86Superintendent Buckley. 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After Structural dents homework or projects Law cited national data nearly two years of tweak- during several schoolfrom the Yale Center for inthe school board ap- changes breaks,including home-Emotional Intelligence, in- proved the change last year, In addition to later startcoming weekend and theeluding a2015online survey and it took effect in August limes debuting this year atThanksgiving break,offi- of22,000high school sta- This school year, Claire is schoolsinArlington cials said.
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