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posted April 30, 2021

For Mental Health Awareness Week (the first week of May), Cardinal Community School District has asked Eldon Mayor, Jerry Lee Potts, to visit their campus and sign a proclamation to make May Mental Health Awareness Month.

View the Proclamation

In addition to the ceremony, Cardinal has themed this year’s Mental Health Week as “Tools 2 Thrive,” giving students strategies to combat stress and take care of their mental states. Each day of the week will have a different theme promoting relaxation, brain breaks, supporting one another, and reducing mental health stigma.

“This week and the mayoral proclamation is important to remove the stigma and make it okay to not be okay,” Kathy Utterback, Area Education Agency Social Worker says. 

Cardinal has made mental health a focus in the last few years, launching programs for staff members and students to offer support and resources for mental health care. The district’s programs are part of an overall Project Orange initiative that is based on the parable of The Orange Frog by Shawn Achor.

My real endorsement of Cardinal Schools and its faculty and staff can be seen each morning when I hand them the one irreplaceable and most valuable thing in my life: my kids. No letter I write could be a greater endorsement than that simple act. I give them my kids, and I do it with a huge smile on my face because I trust them to do what they are most outstanding at: building our future.
Kevin S. Maggio · Cardinal Parent
Cardinal School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age (for employment), socioeconomic status (for programs), religion, disability, creed, national origin, marital status (for programs), sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity in its educational programs and employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or grievance related to this policy, please contact the district’s equity coordinator, Cindy Green.

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Cindy Green - cindy.green@cardinalcomet.com
Middle School Principal/Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Equity Coordinator
4045 Ashland Rd.
Eldon, IA 52554
(641) 652-7531

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