Various surveys suggest that adolescent health is less than optimal and that most adolescent health problems can be attributed to preventable factors. ^{1 2} Thus, increased emphasis should be placed on the delivery of health promotion programs to this population and it has long been recognized that schools are an excellent place to offer these services. While students and parents have previously been the focus of programmatic activities, relatively little emphasis has been placed on teachers. Teachers are among the most important influences in the lives of school-aged children who spend more of their day with their teachers than they do with their families.³  While many teachers may play a formal role in encouraging health promotion activities through a didactic curriculum and act as gatekeepers for students seeking health services, students may also seek advice or council from teachers. ⁴  We developed and administered a 28 question survey to 273 teachers and administrators at four New York City high schools. Among our other findings we discovered that 70% of teachers had been approached one to three times per semester or more by students with physical or mental health concerns. Teachers felt reasonably comfortable addressing a wide range of issues, but requested additional staff development and training on handling student's mental health concerns. Our results suggest that teachers are a relatively untapped resource in providing assistance to adolescents. Properly trained and supported, teachers may play a vital role in providing information to youth and linking them with appropriate systems of care.