Tahoe Truckee Unified School District’s Hope Squad Programs will be celebrating "Hope Week," during regular school hours during the week of March 10-14, in an effort to raise awareness of suicide prevention and mental wellness.

Hope Squad students have organized "Hope Week” projects across the district to allow for their peers to take part in activities that promote hope; including hope grams, friendship bracelets, give/get hope post it banner, kindness letters , education on coping mechanisms, 988 and resource outreach, hall decorations, music in the schools, and more! This year, students at Alder Creek Middle School, Truckee High School, North Tahoe Middle, and North Tahoe High Schools are very excited to get a visit from Drew Petersen with age appropriate presentations and assemblies related to “Feel It All.”

Outside of our school sites, this week-long, community-wide effort will bring together local businesses, mental health agencies, and local non-profits with the goal of destigmatizing mental health issues and empowering community members to ask for help when they are in an emotional crisis. Join us at a community film screening in Truckee or Tahoe City.