Suicide at our local high school

[CRB#33]

A 10th grader.

How awful. What agony to be in that this is the answer.

All my prayers go to this family right now and the children at that school affected by it.

 

[caitycaity]

how sad. we had a big suicide problem in my high school. when i went there there was one every year.

 

[CRB#33]

About a year ago, two other young children took their lives also from this school.

What a horrible reminder to those still suffering from that.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Troubled kids need to be taken seriously. So sad. My prayers go out to those families, God rest the troubled soul of the child.

 

[ead79]

How sad. I can't imagine the despair the student must have been feeling to take his/her life. My prayers are with everyone involved.

 

[fklhou]

There have been several sucides at my kdis school. My son's class had a young man kill himself several years ago and they are still doing counseling session. The young man convinced his parents that he needed a gun for scouts (BTW, this is simply not true, the BSA gon programs do not require this). The parents thought that keeping the ammo locked up was a sufficient precaution. However, the young man simply bought some bullets from a classmate. The classmate who sold the bullets was asked not to come back to school.

Last year a young lady killed herself over grades. It wss horrible for everyone.

Death as that age is simply horrible.

 

[MAC3]

I can't imagine what that child was going through to be able to come to that conclusion. God help them all!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

How sad. I knew someone who did this in high school. I never understood why. Such a tragic loss.

The really scary thing is, is that there is a trend in pact suicides among teenagers (not even ones who really know each other but have met over the Internet). Parents please talk to your kids about this.

 

[4greatboys]

That is awful, so sad. Im going to go give my 10th grader a big I love you hug (actually going to give one to all my boys). I try hard to keep the lines of communication open with my boys--not always an easy task with sometimes moody teenagers--but something that is very important.

 

[DoeWDW]

This is so sad. My prayers will be with all affected.

 

[always quiet]

Oh my goodness! How sad! I didn't see this in the local paper this morning....haven't had the chance to read it today.

My neighbor's daughter is in 10th grade at this school. I wonder if they are offering counselling to the kids in school today. What a tragedy.

 

[4cruisin]

All the children at the school need to have some counseling. A friend of my dh committed suicide when he was 14. Schools did not provide counseling back then (25 years ago) and my dh still seems sad when he mentions his friends name. I don't think children ever get over losing a friend in that manner.

God be with his soul and his family.

Nancy

 

[CRB#33]

Always Quiet...I don't think it's in the paper. I'm very involved with the Youth Group at my church and the director was notified. She let me know for a prayer chain.

I know of a few children receiving help, but I don't know if the student body at large is. I would imagine they are due to the past history at this school.

 

[dianeschlicht]

When my son was a senior at a private high school, his best friend hung himself in the science room during lunch. He was a very intelligent, quiet, calm young man. He often had dinner with us, and seemed to not be comfortable around adults or strangers. His dispair that day was because he got a "B" on a test. Kids do things on the spur of the moment sometimes, and I am not sure they realize what they are really doing. That one act of despair changed my son's life. My son was one of the first to come along. The teacher had just cut the power cord down and was trying to resusitate the student. My DS ran to help with CPR. They got a heartbeat but no respiration. Two days later, he was declared brain dead, and they turned off the ventilator. Our son went from being a straight "A" student to nearly failing at least one of his classes that last quarter. He refused to go to college after that also. The school had counselors be with the kids for several weeks after that, but it took much longer than that for our DS. Now it is 10 years later, and DS is finally able to get his life back on track. He is in college and pulling down a 4.0! I just wish the young man who caused all of this knew how much he was loved by his friends.

 

[nativetxn]

Those poor parents, how devastating to have your child take their own life