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The PS249 Student Newspaper

The Stress Less Issue

Meditation
By Raven Derring-Kilkelly

5th grade students at P.S.249 prepare to graduate into a whole new world.

Meditation is good for your mental health, it’s great for when you're stressed and it can help with separation anxiety.

By P.S. 249 Newspaper Staff

Have you been feeling stressed out lately? Is it because you need to finish your homework? Your grades? Something going on with your family or friends? THIS PANDEMIC THAT NEVER SEEMS TO END? You're not alone! When you're stressed out, you feel frustrated, overwhelmed, maybe angry. Sometimes you take out your feelings on other people, or act out negative way. But there's better ways to deal with your stress!
In this issue P.S.249 newspaper staff has written about some ways to relive stress. Meditation is one way, according to Raven Derring-Kilkelly, whose article is on page 4. Treating yourself to a treat like bubble tea, is another way according to Ashley Bonilla (see pages 16-17). Reading and exercising can help too!
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Would you rather stay stressed out for long or meditate to help the stress go away? You should believe in meditation because it's good for your mental health, it's great for stress and it can help with separation anxiety. Try meditation, it's good for your mental health because it can get bad thoughts off of your chest.

Read more page 4.

P.S.249 Attendance Incentives

By Amin Rahman
Class 5-101

This is the attendance tracker!

With P.S.249's Attendance Tracker, you can earn prizes for coming to school 10 days in a row!

To get your prize, you have to show your tracker to Ms.Vanessa or Ms.Amsterdam. Make sure you cross off every day you come to school!

Also, the days are only of school days, regardless of weekends, holidays or school break.

**THIS TRACKER WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WITH LOW ATTENDANCE**

Sponsored By P.S.249 Student Council

How YOU can destress in a stressful time

Jaleea Hussey says that spending time with family is also a great way to relieve stress. She suggests reading the articles on holiday baking by Jeanette Marin and Amyann Martinez and the article about National Spaghetti Day by Diara Dollar.

Exercise is a wonderful way to help your body feel better and deal with stress. Amyann Martinez writes about exercise on page ?.

You might even consider spending sometime in nature according to Domenica Tutillo and Toshiro Mohktar who wrote articles about bears and nature.

Lots of people have meditation necklaces/pendants and it can show your energy. If you meditate it can help because it's a good breathing and relaxation exercise. According to google, "while there are many forms of meditation, the ultimate goal is a feeling of relaxation and inner peace, which can improve in mental health."

Meditation, is great for when you're stressed. If you're stressed, breath in and out 5 times, slowly. Then go and get your meditation necklace and use it for 5 mins or more. It could relive stress, anxiety and even depression.

Also, it refreshes your mind with new good thoughts. During meditation you focus your attention and eliminate the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowding your mind and causing stress.

Practicing meditation is a great decision because you could make a wish and think about one specific person during the process. For example, it can control thoughts such as thinking about others you have in mind. In addition, if you have calmness and peace balance it’s most likely for that person to have positive thoughts about you.

Other benefits of meditation are that it reduces pain and enhances the bodies immune system, reduces feelings of anxiety, depression, anger and confusion. Most of all, it reduces stress. We all need that right now.

HOW NATURE AFFECTS DAILY LIFE

By Domenica Tutillo, Grade 5

Nature is all over us. From tiny pieces to massive, beautiful natural places. Some people don't know about how nature affects humans' daily life. Well, some scientists have studied nature for years and say that being in nature, or sometimes just viewing nature, reduces stress, anger, and other negative feelings. In other words, being exposed to nature creates a positive mood. Other scientists from England that also study nature say the same thing and agree with the other scientists. But these scientists say that it doesn't just help you in an emotional way, but it also improves your health. For example, nature has helped a lot of people with illnesses, such as high blood pressure, heart problems, muscle tension, and many other ways.

What can Nature Give us?

So you may be asking: "what does nature have to offer us?" Well, nature has a lot to offer that we use in daily life. For example, one thing from nature we really use a lot and we survive off of is water! We drink water to stay hydrated, and we should drink about 8 cups a day. Other things nature gives us are clean air and food that grows from plants (crops).