Student Civic and Community Engagement

Buffalo Public Schools' Department of Social Emotional and Wellness Supports has conducted the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) every odd year since 2011. The information gathered from students in Grades 6-12 will be used to improve health and well-being for our students. The YRBS was developed to monitor health behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth in the US.

In the immediate aftermath of the Buffalo Mass Shooting, scholars, activists, politicians, and local officials took to social media to name the horrendous event as a white supremacist attack and uplift the needs of the community directly impacted– Buffalo’s East Side residents.