October 2010
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| Grim reaper and Ghost Out morticians at Celebrity Cemetery |
A total of 150 academy students in core service learning classes participated in the Red Ribbon Week activities held during the last week of October! The project focused on raising awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol use. Students prepared bulletin boards and public service announcements for the WOLF Television.
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| Drug Prevention Month bulletin board |
Service learning classes were trained about the dangers of gateway drugs -alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, prescription drugs, and inhalants by the Army National Guard's drug prevention trainer, PFC Egipiaco. Also, on Monday the student body wore red to remember the message to stay drug-free.
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| Drug-free training |
On Tuesday selected students went to Lake Eola with our SAFE Program directors to participate in the county-wide drug free event. All of the academy students in the core service learning classes researched and submitted entries in the poetry, essay and art contest. The theme was what it means to be drug-free. SLA student Thien Phan performed his break dancing for the crowd. Service Learning Academy student Kamali LaFontant won first place in the poetry contest.
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| TCHS County-wide drug free essay winner with SAFE Director |
Wednesday we held an all-day drug-free event in the courtyard. All of the service learning students created a storefront for our mock city. The assignment was a math-art assignment, which was graded on dimensions and scale requirements, creativity and design. There were 152 stores and businesses including fast food restaurants, beauty and barber shops, Publix, department stores, florists and other businesses.
The buildings were placed along streets in the mock city, and all day classes came to learn how dangerous it is to drink and drive. Students and teachers drove the remote control cars through the streets, and then placed drunk simulation goggles on and drove a second time. They learned how difficult is is to drive safely when drunk as many building were damaged or struck by the remote control cars.
Students also prepared a celebrity cemetery that featured gravestones of celebrities who died from alcohol or drug use. A highlight of the day was Ghost Out. The "grim reaper" and his morticians took students from their classes and a group of students painted their faces white and placed signs around their necks telling how they "died" from the effects of alcohol or drug use. All day the painted students served as a reminder for students not to use drugs.
On Thursday we sponsored our annual door contest. We invited all of the teachers to have students create a door that had a drug-free message. There were many exceptional doors this year!
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| One of the winning drug-free doors. |
The academy thanks all of the teachers and students for participating in our drug-free activities. STAY DRUG FREE!
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| Students drove remote control cars through the mock city wearing drunk simulation goggles and learned that they can't drive drunk. |
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| Some students who participated in Ghost Out. |
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| Charles the Grim Reaper |
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| Teachers tried to drive too. |
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| Some of the buildings |
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| Students manned displays and gave out information on the dangers of specific drugs. |
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| Kelsee and Emilee at booth. |
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| Anthony and Evan assist students in the safe driving simulation. |
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| Ciara fundraising for the SLA. |
