Monroe High School is about to undergo a major change thanks to
a program called Challenge Day. In one day, Challenge Day
program creators Yvonne and Rich will bring together a group of
students, from all different walks of life, and help them break
down their walls to create a more unified community. Drug and
alcohol abuse and bullying in schools are only symptoms of the
real problems students face, Yvonne says. "The biggest problems
in our schools today, we believe, are separation, isolation and
loneliness," she says. "If our kids are feeling lonely, it's not
because there's a lack of people. It's because there's a lack of
love and connection between them." Another major reason kids are
on edge is because they often feel their parents' stress from
daily life or frustrations over what it takes to raise their
children. One of the goals of Challenge Day is to work past the
students' feelings of stress and isolation and help them form a
bond with each other. "The kids that don't know each other from
different c