Valley Park Middle School will host a parent symposium on mental health at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, in the school cafeteria, 1 Main St.

Marian McCord, executive director of Communities Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Coalition for Mental Health, will talk with parents about children's mental health. The symposium discusses the importance of letting go of the stigma attached to mental illness in order to become an acute observer of signs and symptoms of depression in one's own child.

The presentation will provide personal accounts of dealing with a child battling depression and includes resources for families and skills to determine if one's own child may be suffering in silence.

Call elementary school counselor Donna Knobbe at (636) 923-3689, or any of the district's counselors.