by Maya Mukherjee<\/p>\n
Red Ribbon Week, a bullying and substance abuse prevention program that\u2019s aimed towards the youth, is right around the corner!<\/p>\n
Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug-free life to students. This idea is executed by a series of activities that helps the community engage in intriguing ways to live substance and bully free. This event will take place at Pine Island Academy Oct. 17-Oct. 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really promotes student awareness,\u201d Seventh Grade School Counselor, Julie Leblanc, stated. \u201cI think that it\u2019s really important to teach students those skills, to talk about it, because knowledge is power. If they don\u2019t know what to do, or how to say no, and practice that, and have conversations about that, then when they\u2019re in the moment it\u2019s going to be more difficult for them to say no,\u201d Leblanc elaborated.<\/p>\n
There are various activities, or \u201cSpirit Days,\u201d that are involved to make this moral more enticing for students. These include the option of wearing neon and purple, crazy sock and shoe day and dressing like a rockstar. These activities were all planned by Guidance Counselors Sonia Joker, Jennifer Landorf and Leblanc.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the reason we do the \u2018Spirit Days\u2019 is to bring unity within the school and to connect the students to each other; To show that even though we\u2019re all different, so we come in with maybe different styles for the day, we all come dressed in whatever that theme is,\u201d Grades Four-Six Guidance Counselor, Landorf, explained. \u201cWe can come together, support each other and have fun,\u201d Landorf added.<\/p>\n
Not only does this event affect students, but it also impacts faculty, as they know that the ideas they are teaching students will have a lasting impression on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always, of course, want my impact to be positive, so remembering not only the message, but enjoying the time with the students, is really important,\u201d Eighth Grade Counselor, Joker, expressed.<\/p>\n
Principal of PIA, Amanda Riedl, agrees that this program helps inform students of the dangers of substance use. She has also conveyed that Red Ribbon Week overall allows the school community to thrive while this message is grasped through bonding experiences with students and faculty.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo really, Red Ribbon Week is character building, being drug-free, unity, making healthy choices and then that kindness throughout our school community, between both students and faculty,\u201d Riedl affirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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