ABOUT

My name in Katie Collick and I teach Health Education, Human Growth and Development, and Culinary Arts at Cape Henlopen High School. Cape Henlopen High School roughly has 1,700 students and is located in a small beach town in Lewes, Delaware. I have been there for four years now, but have been teaching for 12 years.

I live in Milton, Delaware with my husband and two daughters. My husband and I both teach at the same school and coach multiple sports. He coaches football and does off-season weight training. I coach unified basketball and softball and help out with field hockey. Both of our girls are growing up on fields and courts and they absolutely love it. Our family has many working pieces and keeping a low stress level and being organized is huge for our family.

Teenagers today and the stress that is put upon them has me concerned every day. In each of my classes we have stress free days, where we close the books and work on stress management techniques for the full 90 minutes. I feel that it is important for students to try and perfect these stills to be able to use them in their post-secondary adventures.

Facts About Teenage Stress

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On a scale of 1 to 10, the average teenager reported the amount of stress they experience routinely was 5.8, compared with 5.1 for adults.

Nearly one-third of teens and adolescents consistently reported feeling depressed, sad and overwhelmed due to stress, especially stress from school.

More than a quarter (27%) say they experience "extreme stress" during the school year, vs. 13% in the summer. And 34% expect stress to increase in the coming year.

Romeo R. D. (2013). The Teenage Brain: The Stress Response and the Adolescent Brain. Current directions in psychological science, 22(2), 140–145. doi:10.1177/0963721413475445