Colleges and suicide

momsdream
Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:21:19 +0000

Normally, I wouldn’t feel it was my place to post such things. But, in light of the fact that we (the parents) have been expressing concerns on this topic I am sad to say that we’ve been told that a freshman from this area attempted suicide yesterday at Bowdoin. She was a student at GFS and the speaker at last year’s graduation. Because the school is so small, and this student was so much loved, word is that the current students are taking it very hard…especially the seniors. In addition, another student (a junior) at another Quaker school (AFS) just a few miles away was killed this weekend in a car accident (two other students were severely injured). Most of the students at each school would have known or been friends with the students at the other school.

Things are not going well for upper-school students at the Quaker schools in Philly right now. Please keep them in your prayers.