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WorksheetsHailey Hardcastle – Multiple Choice Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
What major law did Hailey Hardcastle help pass in Oregon?
Free college tuition for all students
Students can take mental health days off from school
A ban on standardized testing
Mandatory therapy sessions for students
What inspired Hardcastle to become involved in activism?
Her personal experience with mental health challenges
A family member's struggle with education
Her interest in public speaking
A social media campaign
What does Hailey Hardcastle hope to achieve by expanding the mental health law?
Encourage students to skip school
Bring more mental health resources to classrooms
Remove all attendance policies
Make schools more difficult for students
Where did Hailey Hardcastle start her leadership journey?
College debate team
Oregon State Senate
Student council as a statewide leader
National youth congress
What is one of Hardcastle’s current roles?
President of a national mental health organization
Policy advisor and board member for the Oregon School Based Health Alliance
Principal of a high school
Mayor of Portland
What message does Hailey Hardcastle promote in her activism?
In which year did Hardcastle and her team pass the mental health day law?
2018
2019
2020
2021
What is a key goal of Hailey Hardcastle’s activism?
To eliminate all school attendance requirements
To give students a voice in lawmaking
To reduce funding for school mental health programs
To stop mental health education in schools
What organization does Hardcastle volunteer for?
National Mental Health Association
Oregon School Based Health Alliance
United Nations Youth Forum
American Psychological Association
What does Hailey Hardcastle encourage other young people to do?
Accept school policies without question
Stand up and create change
Stay silent on mental health issues
Focus only on their grades
What is one effect of the mental health day law?
Students can take a day off for mental health, just like for a physical illness
Students must get a doctor’s note for mental health days
Teachers must approve mental health days in advance
Schools must provide free counseling on mental health days
Why does Hailey Hardcastle recruit young leaders?
To help them organize protests
To help them create and lobby for policies
To prepare them for college applications
To encourage them to become teachers
What is Hailey Hardcastle’s long-term goal?
To become a mental health counselor
To inspire young people to take action
To eliminate all standardized testing
To become a lawyer
What does the Oregon mental health law recognize?
Mental health is as important as physical health
Students must attend therapy to take mental health days
Schools should limit the number of mental health days
Parents must approve all mental health days
Why is Hailey Hardcastle’s work important?
It gives students more control over their education and well-being
It helps schools enforce stricter attendance policies
It discourages students from taking sick days
It focuses only on physical health issues
