Sixteen Years of Putting Kids First: An Ode to Mr. Spannagel
Supporting the growth of hundreds of middle and high school students through academics, athletics, and the awkwardness that is pubescent...
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MountainYouth
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Introducing the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey Dashboard
The Biennial Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) asks local youth about health topics, including exercise, diet, alcohol, tobacco, drug...
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MountainYouth
Oct 1, 20203 min read
Eat Chat Parent Focuses on Reducing Stress in Our Lives.
There is an undercurrent of stress rippling through most of our lives. Some days, the stress feels like tidal waves coming from all...
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MountainYouth
May 1, 20202 min read
Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience
Movie Trailer https://www.screenagersmovie.com/nc-trailer Filmmakers and physician Dr. Delaney Ruston takes the conversation around...
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MountainYouth
May 1, 20202 min read
COVID-19 Compassion vs. COVID-19 Compliance
Our youth are making major sacrifices during our surreal stay-at-home-even-if-you-don’t-want-to existence. Rites of passage they have...
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MountainYouth
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Valley's Voice Youth Respond to COVID-19 through Protect Our Valley Social Media Campaign
If you have not heard about Valley’s Voice yet, you definitely will! Valley’s Voice is housed within Mountain Youth and funded through a...
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MountainYouth
Mar 31, 20203 min read
An Open Letter to Parents of Teens and Young Adults,
As we all know, it is not easy parenting teens and college-aged young adults. Especially those who were recently sent home abruptly from...
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MountainYouth
Mar 31, 20201 min read
A new sister program to Eat Chat Parent Specifically for for our Spanish Speaking Locals
The name of the new program is Aprendiendo Juntos with the tagline: Cultivando Beinestar, Comunicación, Conexión This translates in...
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Mountain Youth
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Stecher: You are enough
We’re now in Week 2 of this abrupt lifestyle change. Without much notice, many of us have been thrust into working from home, while...
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MountainYouth
Jan 28, 20202 min read
Graduated Driver Licensing Presentation
Obtaining a driver’s license is more involved than waiting for several hours at DMV. Just what does it take to become a licensed driver...
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MountainYouth
Jan 28, 20203 min read
Mountain Youth and Eagle County Schools Expand Collaboration
Collaborative grant funding brings teacher training Being young isn’t easy. The halcyon days we remember might just be a thing of the...
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MountainYouth
Jan 24, 20203 min read
Vaping: What To Know + How To Talk About It
It seems like vaping has dominated the headlines in the past year. From the sounds of it, everyone is vaping. There’s good news though:...
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MountainYouth
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Protect Your Child From Sexual Abuse: It’s Preventable, Not Inevitable
It can feel scary and foreign looking into our child’s world. So much is changing in a short time and it's hard to know how and when to...
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MountainYouth
Nov 14, 20193 min read
Language Justice Speaks Loudly
Mountain Youth would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to the November 5 and 6 inaugural Latinx Eat Chat...
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MountainYouth
Nov 1, 20191 min read
Self-care Takes Center Stage at ECP
Read about the workshop in the Vail Daily.
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MountainYouth
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Why T21?
Colorado youth are vaping nicotine at twice the national average, 27% of Colorado high school youth reported using an electronic vapor...
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MountainYouth
Oct 30, 20193 min read
(NOT) Lost in Translation
Inaugural Spanish-speaking Eat Chat Parent workshop focuses on self-care and behavioral health About a year ago a local woman graduated...
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MountainYouth
Oct 30, 20193 min read
Mountain Youth nos habla sobre su taller inaugural en español de “Eat Chat Parent” sobre el cuidado
En este caso, permítanos compartir sobre el taller de “Eat Chat Parent” en español de este mes de noviembre y compartirle sobre lo que lo...
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