Radio 101

At the beginning of the school year, the Radio 101 class at R.J. Reynolds high school was tasked to look into the issue of teen mental health.

WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use only the first initial of the student in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.

WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use only the first name of the student in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the student's privacy.

WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use initials in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.

If you, or someone you know, is in crisis, please call the National suicide prevention lifeline. It’s a free 24-hour hotline at 1.800.273.TALK.

WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use initials in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.

For many teachers and students, the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year was a surreal moment.

For M, and every other trans student, the daily roll call at the beginning of the class can feel like a punch in the gut.

With music venues closed due to COVID-19, teenage bands everywhere found themselves trying to figure out what this new normal would look like for them.

As a parent, this would be a nightmare scenario. Your child starts to get sick.

You wake up, grab some breakfast, get to that first-period class, onto the second period, then third, fourth, some after-school activities, homework, and then you rinse and repeat.