BRIAN ROCHA
Depression and suicide are in the top ten of leading causes of death in the USA in recent years. This is a huge problem, especially for teenagers who are in high school because more teenagers are suffering from depression right now, and the only exit that they find is suicide. To prevent and try to decrease the rate of suicide in young people, the Hope Squad was created at Logan High School. The Hope Squad is defined as a group of students that are been chosen by their classmates of the school to help students to prevent suicide and try to help the students who are depressed. This group currently has 26 members who have been trained to help students deal with negative feelings. This group of students is here in our school for the first time, and they are led by their teacher Mike Mudrow, but even though this is their first year in Logan High School, this is not the first Hope Squad group. Mike Mudrow tells us, "Hope Squad is created by a teacher in Provo, and he saw that are a lot of suicides in his school, and he said we have to do something about this." The idea of that teacher works, the suicide rate reduces a lot in the school. This Hope Squad people, when they find a person who is depressed, “They try to make friends with them. It's a lot harder making friends when you are depressed, and so part of the mission of Hope Squad makes sure that everybody in the school has friends,” Mudrow said. Ruben Cruz, who is part of this group of students, tell us, “Most of the time they meet to talk about ways to prevent suicide or ways to help other students dealing with depression.” That helps them to know how to act when somebody is depressed. Hope Squad members help the other people not only to decrease the rate of suicide. They help the people because their favorite part is going to other students and giving them the help they need to enjoy their high school experience more instead of bullying or having depressive feelings. This group, despite its first year, has had a good performance in the work of helping people with depression, and there is no doubt that they will continue to improve every day.
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