‘mental health week’ on tap at school

know there are a variety of support systems at Bronx Science,” Nasser wrote. “Please, reach out.”

Bronx Science is one of the city’s elite specialized high schools, boasting more Nobel Prize-winning grads than any other high school in the country.

But the school drew negative attention in October when the Daily News uncovered an underground fight club run by students and former students via Facebook.

City Education Department officials vowed to deploy mental health help to Bronx Science and to keep an eye on students’ online activities after learning of the fight club.

But school administrators have not specifically addressed the Confessions page since Nasser’s Feb. 23 post. Bronx Science Principal Jean Donahue declined to answer questions about the page.

Education Department spokeswoman Toya Holness said the school is monitoring the situation and employs a dozen full-time guidance counselors, plus a substance abuse therapist.

The Bronx Science Student Organization is hosting the school’s first mental health week next month to draw attention to the issue, Holness said.

“The school takes a proactive, preventative approach,” she added.

Meanwhile, students said the Confessions forum serves a helpful purpose in a competitive academic environment.

“There’s a lot of pressure in this school, and there are things people can’t talk about with anyone,” a junior who posted on the page told The News.

“They can be anonymous here,” added the student, who asked that her name be withheld. “It sometimes helps to get it out there.”

Another teen who used the page said the spike in negative posts over the winter could be tied to academic stress.

“People want to be heard,” said the student, an 11th-grade girl who also did not want to be named. “In January, there were midterms and a lot of college decisions. It was a pretty intense time.”