Student & Community Well-Being
About Student & Community Well-Being
The most recent Healthy Youth Survey (2023) confirms that our community is not immune to what experts are calling a mental health epidemic. In our schools, 65 percent of 10th-graders reported frequently feeling nervous, anxious or on edge. And 17 percent of 12th-graders had considered attempting suicide.
The goal of our Student & Community Well-Being efforts is to better-equip our entire community to support the social-emotional needs of students.
Student Well-Being Grants
Funding Student & Community Wellbeing
Oly Ed Foundation continues to support programs, resources and activities that address students' social-emotional wellbeing, mental health and other barriers to participation and success.
For the 2026-27 school year, these requests are considered through the Opportunity Grant process rather than through a separate Student Well-Being Grant application. Eligible Olympia School District employees who work directly with students may request up to $2,000 through the regular Opportunity Grant application.
PTOs/PTAs and other school-based parent organizations may partner with an eligible OSD employee on a request, but the eligible employee must serve as the primary applicant.
Keep the existing broader Student & Community Well-Being content below this section (speaker series, training, resource library, etc.).
How can Student & Community Well-Being be improved?
So far, our efforts have included:
Student Well-Being Grants for Olympia School District staff who work directly with students.
A free speaker series open to all staff, students, families and caregivers.
A suicide prevention training made available to all teachers and staff.
A Mental Health Resource Library for staff, students and family.
A trauma-informed online mental health training during the pandemic.