The Arlington High School Active Minds club works to help students’ mental health at school and is run by Mrs. Ja’Neair Johnson.

The Mental Health Hub is one project started by Active Minds t0 help students feel as though they have a resource available to them if they are struggling with their mental health.

This service provides students with tips that they could use to help manage anxiety as well as resources for emotional support.

Banners are hung up around AHS to help inform students of the Mental Health Hub and to show students what types of resources they have available through Active Minds.

The Mental Health Hub is accessed through Canvas on students’ iPads and can be used at any time.

Mrs. Johnson is in charge of Active Minds and her room is located near the cafeteria if students are in need of someone to talk to.

Mrs. Johnson created the R.E.S.T. room as a place where students and teachers could go during school if they are in need of somewhere to go to relax, calm down, and R.E.S.T.

The R.E.S.T. room has three different rest areas that are separated by curtains so multiple people can use the R.E.S.T. room at once.

There is a separate chair with a back and foot massager for teacher use only.

The lights are dimmed in the R.E.S.T. room to make for a calmer atmosphere, as many students feel more relaxed with the lights turned down.

The R.E.S.T. room has many thoughtful design details in order to make the room a more homey and relaxing environment.

A slideshow is put up in the R.E.S.T. room to give students ideas on how to control their mental health.