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Mental Health Day 2025!

Jayne Hornich, Editor

April 14, 2025

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Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars because you won’t want to miss out on what is happening on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2025! The Mental Health Club is inviting you to their Mental Health Day, starring Notre Dame student athletes as guest speakers and a multitude of exciting activities during A, B and C lunches.

During 2nd and 3rd hour, your teachers are able to sign up to take your class to the auditorium where the student athletes will be speaking as a panel, opening up questions to the audience as they go along. The Mental Health Club board will be moderating the panel and asking speakers to share about topics such as their experience transitioning from high school to college, how they balance their busy schedules, what mental health services may look like on a college campus and so much more.

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After the speakers depart and the lunches begin, students and faculty are welcome to come into the auditorium to participate in the fun activities the club came up with. As you have walked to your classes lately, you may have noticed some flyers in the hallway, detailing the list of activities and a special prize. These activities will include coloring, “Just Dance,” Play-Doh stress balls, self-care kits, bracelet making, spin the wheel, a photo wall, mindfulness activities and the John Adams Service dogs, Sierra, Sadie and Skye. Additionally, the club has invited over ten vendors to come and set up tables to talk to students about different services and other mental health related topics. Once you enter the auditorium, you will receive a small sheet of paper to keep with you as you move through the tables. Each table will have one to two members of the Mental Health Club helping you out or explaining an activity. Once you have completed an activity, give your paper to a member of the club and they will place a sticker on it. Each table has a different color sticker and if you complete 3 activities and talk to 3 vendors, you will be able to enter the raffle! The raffle prize contains a gift card, Mental Health Club t-shirt and a swag bag from the Mental Health Summit that was held in November. The winner of the raffle will be announced the following day!

The Mental Health Club has worked very hard on putting together this event over the past two months. After countless work days inside and outside of school and a whole lot of stress and anxiety, the members are extremely excited to bring this event to life. Please stop by on Tuesday, Apr. 1 and support the club by participating in the activities. We can’t wait to see you all there!!

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Jayne Hornich

Jayne Hornich, a driven and compassionate senior at John Adams, is beginning her first year with The Tower. As she tackles her final year of high school and starts college applications, Jayne is second guessing every decision she has ever made! Throughout her lifetime, Jayne has wanted to go into many careers. From being a veterinarian to a gymnastics coach to an elementary school teacher, she has explored all the possibilities. Growing up in her hometown of Piscataway, NJ and beginning high school in South Bend, IN, Jayne has gotten to be a part of different environments and a multitude of exciting opportunities in which she achieved great things. If she had to narrow it down, Jayne would say her proudest achievements are earning her black belt in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) at the age of nine (the youngest ever in her dojo), competing at the Hunterdon County 4-H fair at the age of eight with a llama, and passing Mr. Bart’s honors pre-calculus class (even if she only took it for a semester.) Jayne has always considered her to be an introvert and overall shy person. She loves to watch tv, especially Grey’s Anatomy and Criminal Minds, her absolute favorites! Jayne also loves being creative, such as drawing, poster making, and the occasional painting. For every school project involving a poster, she HAS to use her own poster board, pens, and markers or else she doesn’t feel like it’s her best work. Recently, Jayne has also started designing stickers, which has been an enjoyable creative outlet for her. Though she has her introverted and shy side, Jayne is very outgoing and chatty when it comes to her friends. She loves hanging out with her close friends and getting some food, going to the mall, having sleepovers, or even just chilling on TikTok. Other hobbies Jayne enjoys doing are spending time with her animals (all 40+ of them), playing the New York Times games even though they drive her insane sometimes, traveling, and singing. As a writer for The Tower, Jayne hopes to improve her writing abilities and create some entertaining articles for the students at John Adams. Jayne is known to be a person who writes A LOT so get ready for some lengthy, but fun, pieces this year.