Ed Hood, Principle at Gurrie Middle School (La Grange), talks about how the SOS program helped a mother and daughter have an open and honest conversation about her daughters suicidal thoughts.
Elyssa’s Mission partners with approximately 250 middle and high schools throughout the Chicagoland area in order to help prevent teen suicide in our communities. We fully fund—and help schools implement—the evidence-based Signs of Suicide (SOS) program. Click here to learn more about SOS.
Elyssa’s Mission has never turned a school away that is interested in suicide prevention. We currently work with schools located in nineteen counties and spanning more than 110 suburbs. We would love to work with your school too! To learn more about how to become an Elyssa’s Mission partner, click here.
Here are just a few of our partnering schools:
Aptakisic Junior High in Buffalo Grove
Attea Junior High in Glenview
Beecher Junior High and Beecher High School in Beecher
Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook
Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village
Field Middle School in Northbrook
Gemini Junior High in Niles
Geneva High School in Geneva
Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook
Grove Junior High in Elk Grove Village
Gurrie Middle School in La Grange
Indian Trail Junior High in Addison
Lincoln Junior High in Skokie
Lincoln Middle School in Mt. Prospect
Oak Lawn Community High School in Oak Lawn
Palatine Community Consolidated School District (4 junior high schools)
Romeoville High School in Romeoville
Rowe Middle School in Chicago
Southwood Middle School in Country Club Hills
Warren Township High School in Gurnee
Wheeling High School in Wheeling