Fayetteville-Manlius college students maintain candlelight vigil
A vigil was held Monday night for a Fayetteville-Manlius pupil who died by suicide. The vigil at Jap Hills Bible Church celebrated the lifetime of Liam Qi, who was solely 16 years previous when he handed away on Nov. 1.
He was the second F-M pupil to die by suicide in 2022. His greatest good friend, Jay Lu, handed away in March. Qi’s brother, Luke, mentioned Qi by no means recovered from the tragic passing of his good friend.
The scholars have now approached the district with concepts to assist the coed physique.
“After Jay’s loss of life, F-M did rather a lot,” F-M pupil Stephen Wu mentioned. “They employed William Vicentes and plenty of psychological well being professionals, however the primary subject is that college students do not actually find out about these and there’s not that transparency or communication. And we would like the college to ship out a survey so that they understand how the scholars are actually feeling, and the survey must be nameless.”
The scholars have submitted a seven-page proposal to the district that features these concepts and others that they are saying would put F-M on the forefront of psychological well being care for college students.
The Fayetteville-Manlius Faculty District offered an replace on its psychological well being initiatives wherein it outlined the first methods it helps particular person wellness: via educating, making connections and offering responsive providers.
The district is providing further “Psychological Well being Mondays” on Dec. 12 and 19. Every session will likely be led by psychological well being educator William DeSantis and can deal with matters comparable to nervousness, melancholy and suicide prevention.
