Today’s teens are busier than ever. With school, extracurriculars,  and homework, it is a rare moment that a high schooler is able to get an adequate amount of sleep. This lack of sleep is becoming an epidemic. Kids are falling asleep in class, cognitive ability is dropping, and memory is faltering.

Parents, teachers, and administrators all share the goal of helping children do their best and achieve all that they can achieve. This goal is only possible if school systems become more sensitive to high school students’ circadian rhythm and later chronotypes.

This website is designed to give information to all the concerned adults that wish to help high school students succeed. Through this website, one should gain an appreciation for teenagers sleep-wake cycle and discover ways to balance and counteract the hectic cycle of teenage life.

In the Rockbridge County school system, sleep deprivation is indeed an issue for most students. It has come to the attention of Washington and Lee students that their high school counterparts are struggling to have an adequate amount of sleep.  W&L biology students hope that this website can help inform the Rockbridge County school system, and perhaps other school systems, how to combat the lack of sleep in students.