Digital Editor-in-Chief Lea D’Angelo shares information about the Clarke County School District Teen Mental Health Summit, which was held at the Athens Community Career Academy on Oct. 25. The CCSD collaborated with statewide mental health campaign “Free Your Feels” to organize the event. “Everybody has mental health. Everybody can do things to support trying to keep their mental health healthy. And so the idea behind (“Free Your Feels”) is ‘Let’s reverse the stigma,’” CCSD Mental Wellness Specialist Fran Thompson, who helped coordinate the event, said. “‘Let’s talk openly about freeing your feelings (and) about talking.’” Video by Lea D’Angelo
The Athens Community Career Academy hosted the 2025 Clarke County School District Teen Mental Health Summit on Oct. 25.