WEST PARK Compliments

wphsbc2m is a proud supporter of indigenous peoples day! we encourage you to research the stories of indigenous people and the history of this holiday! happy everyone!

HEY PANTHERS ‼️‼️‼️ after delaying our first gen meetings over and over again (sorry 😅), we are pleased to bring you once again... OUR FIRST GENERAL MEETING!! we will have icebreakers, an intro of what bc2m is, and get to know why we even strive to bring change to mind !! 🤫💚 THIS WEDNESDAY 27 SEPT @ LUNCH IN THE WELLNESS CENTRE 🙈🥳

HEY WEST PARK! due to unforeseen circumstances today's BC2M meeting will be cancelled — our FIRST MEETING will happen next wednesday, 06 september @ 9AM at the wellness centre! we apologise for the inconvenience 💚

BECAUSE WHO WOULDN'T BE PART OF A CLUB THAT ADVOCATES FOR *YOUR* MENTAL HEALTH? 😤😰 join us for our FIRST GENERAL MEETING tomorrow (30/08/2023) at 9:00 AM in our LOVELY WELLNESS CENTRE 🙏🏽❤️‍🔥 we will be introducing y'all to what BC2M is, why we need it more than ever, as well as get to CONNECT with each other ‼️😫 MANIFESTING A GREAT BC2M YEARRRR 💚💚💚

psst.. there will be snacks 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 (everyone loves snacks so 😜😜)

and just like that, the 2022-2023 BC2M year has come to a close! in our first year (after being inactive the year before), we've gone ABOVE AND BEYOND in not only mental health advocacy, but policy change and service towards our community!! although we only had 8 registered members (and 5 active ones attending meetings), members and officers at BC2M have demonstrated outstanding leadership, advocacy, and outreach—regardless of how many people enrol in the club!!

all members would like to thank for starting the high school programme in order for high school students to be actively engaged in mental health advocacy, NANCY SOTO-RAMIREZ for giving us the opportunity to re-establish this club, ALMA MORENO for proudly stepping in as staff advisor midway through the spring semester, for being our super phenomenal CLUB MANAGER, and the WELLNESS CENTRE STAFF () for supervising every meeting and allowing us to use the space to "bring change to mind!!"

thanks for a great first year!! we hope to have EVEN MORE people enrol next year so that we can continue BRINGING CHANGE TO MIND on so many new levels!! 💚💚

happy mother's day from the WPHS BC2M family to yours! includes but is not limited to all mums, mother figures, people with strained relationships with their mums, people that lost their mums, etc. 🌱💚

HAPPY MAY! more importantly, happy MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH! this month, let's all work to...

💚 RECOGNISE the struggles of people with mental illness and set aside biases...

💚 ACKNOWLEDGE that mental health is health and that advocacy benefits everybody...

💚 CHALLENGE the misconceptions surrounding mental health and high school students...

💚 and EMPOWER our student body to engage in discussions about mental health!!

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES LINKED IN BIO!! (including wellness centre service request form)

be on the lookout for more wellness events this month as well!! (admin quad)

HAPPY TRANS VISIBILITY DAY!! let's take a moment to recognise trans people who...

- are currently medically transitioning
- face disapproval from family or friends
- are not out yet
- have just came out and/or realised who they really were
- have a mental illness
- EVERYONE ELSE !! because trans rights are human rights too !!

1ST PIC: vp strider (he/him) and sec marshall (he/him) during the WPHS walkout to fight anti-lgbtq+ rhetoric and bigotry in RJUHSD

2ND PIC: president mari (she/her) posing in front of her new song on spotify

here's to all the women and their contributions !!

"but WPHS BC2M, why did you even sign up for it then?"

LET ME EXPLAIN! willfully signing up for a class does not mean you'll enjoy it all year. for instance, just because you were enthusiastic about signing up for an AP class doesn't mean you'll fully enjoy it. oftentimes, people will say that you don't have the right to complain about it because you willfully signed up for it and therefore are fully aware of what's really in store once you step through the doors. but telling a person they don't have that right and instead are to stay silent through everything that's thrown at them (e.g. "you can't complain about something you signed up for!") can be even more destructive to their self-esteem and overall performance in school.

whether you use it as a coping mechanism (totally valid) or just a topic to talk about with your friends (also totally valid), you have every right to complain about your classes! BUT if y'all hear someone complain about theirs, don't belittle them because they willfully signed up for it; instead give them an encouragement boost or even try to relate to them in a way if that applies to you!

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BC2TC x BC2M WEEK WAS A SUCCESS!! with over 120+ clothes donated and 60+ hours allocated, we'd like to thank all of you for participating!! special thanks to for setting up this awesome initiative so that not only do people in hospice care are supported, but so that there are more alternatives to fast fashion!!