Crescent School students’ suicide prevention group on TV

JOYCE — Students from Crescent School’s youth suicide prevention group will be featured in the latest episode of TVW’s “Engaged: Students Becoming Citizens” series.

The episode will be televised at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday on statewide cable TV.

The episode, “Students Offering Support,” shows the group delivering a suicide prevention presentation at Stevens Middle School in Port Angeles, and discussing how the group formed in the wake of a classmate’s suicide at Crescent School.

In 2004, seventh-grader Joe Rogers shot himself in a classroom at the school.

The episode features interviews with Joe Rogers’ mother, Lyda Rogers, and Crescent School counselor and group adviser Sherri Jones.

After the 30-minute episode premieres Monday, TVW will re-air it at various times.

Cable channel location varies by community, including Wave Broadband Channel 21 in Port Angeles and Sequim, Comcast Channel 23 in parts of Western Washington and Broadstripe Channel 10 in Port Townsend and Quilcene

TVW is not available on satellite TV, but the episode will be available to online at tinyurl.com/yebob6f on Monday.

All episodes of “Engaged: Students Becoming Citizens” can be viewed at www.TeachWithTVW.org or www.TVW.org.

“Engaged: Students Becoming Citizens” is TVW’s ongoing education series. It shows students across Washington learning about and participating in civics and government.

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