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Mental health issues weigh heavily on high school students. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly a third of adolescents experience a mental health disorder at some point during their high school years. Here at Stride, more than a few school leaders have told us that mental health isn’t just an important point of concern—it’s become the only point […]

What defines a crisis? How about 1 in 2 high school students feeling hopelessness or sadness—or 1 in 4 experiencing suicidal thoughts.  That’s the latest national data from the CDC. Three years ago, it reported 1 in 3 students feeling hopelessness or sadness, and 1 in 6 having suicidal thoughts, which was up from about 1 in 9 ten years earlier. Anxiety, […]

One Coach’s Impact An old friend described a large celebration he attended for a former college coach, or simply “Coach.” Coach’s story and the event go something like this: Over his twelve years at the school, Coach wins both the league championship and national championship. He completely rebuilds the program. Suddenly and unexpectedly, he departs. He joins his wife, who […]

We once heard from a ski coach how the strength and conditioning director at one university designed the same program for the ice hockey team as for the downhill ski racing team. Our friend highlighted how similar the two sports are not just in power and speed, but in endurance. Each one requires roughly 60 seconds of intense exertion, about […]