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We know our students have unmet health needs..... <br />From OCS Spring 2006 Communities That Care Survey <br />* 17.78% of 6'h graders (450 students surveyed), 18.63 % <br />of 8th graders (408 students surveyed), and 19.47% of <br />10th graders (457 students surveyed) reported having <br />their first beer before the age of 11. <br />2.44% of 6th graders, 5.39% of 8th graders, and 5.69% of <br />10th graders always threaten to hurt people. <br />From Spring 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey <br />E 27% of OCS 8th graders seriously considered suicide in <br />the previous year. <br />in 35% of OCS 8th graders reported that they had felt so <br />sad or hopeless for 2+ weeks in a row that they stopped <br />doing their usual activities in the last 12 months. <br />School-Based Health <br />(SBHC). <br />C <br />