by Ludmilla Elleanore Hikmatulmawla

Ellen is a student who’s interested with the topic of mental health towards middle school student. Mental health can be be affected by a lot of things, especially in students academics life.

By her interest and concerns, her goal is to spread the awareness of academic validation and academic motivation on how it affects students' mental health. Ellen conducts a pre-survey and interviews the school counselor to get to know her surroundings characteristic of their academics.

Ellen had an enthusiasm towards topics of mental health, which correlates with her future job goal of becoming a psychologist. In her class, she observes how her classmate aren’t determined in their academics, by having late assignment submission or experiencing a huge pressure towards their studies. 

To achieve her goal, Ellen decided to create her product in a form of a 60-90 minutes of offline talk show, in Sekolah Cikal Amri. with academic validation & academic motivation effect on mental health as the topic, middle school students are invited along with a psychologist as the speaker. 

Her process journey can be seen during the Culminating Project Exhibition. Please come and appreciate her journey in mental health issue & topic for middle school students.