DEATH OF TEEN HITS GRANADA HILLS HIGH.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer GRANADA HILLS - Students, teachers and others at Granada Hills High School Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white. on Tuesday mourned the suicide of an 11th-grader widely known for her involvement in campus drama productions. Grief counselors stood by to help teen-agers just learning that the girl had drowned herself in a pool Monday. Assistant Principal Julia Howelman said a memorial could be held today as part of the healing process. ``She had a large group of friends.'' The girl was heavily involved in the school's drama program and took lead roles, Howelman said. She was the stage manager for a production this semester. Letters were sent home to parents Tuesday notifying them about the death, tips to identify suicide danger signs, and the availability of the crisis counselors at the school, said Principal Sandy Collins. The teen-ager, identified as Diane R. Jett, drowned Monday in a swimming pool in the 17000 block of Jersey Street in Granada Hills, authorities said. Angeles County coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
Rich Lieberman, school psychologist for the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. , said the district's priority now is to prevent any further suicides. ``We've seen clusters of suicides in the aftermath of suicides because it raises risk in the community,'' he said. ``The message we want to get across is that no other child is to consider this.'' Hotlines for anyone considering suicide include: (877) 727-4747 (toll- free Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Suicide Prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures. Center - available for all ages); and (800) 852-8336 (Teen Line Teen Line is a teen help hotline based in the Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, California. There is also a branch in Reseda and, most recently, one in Riverside. The line is open nightly from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00. for teen-agers to talk with other teen-agers; 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week). |
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