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Show v .... '.. Grovecrest students pledged to be drug free and keep their bodies healthy by signing a poster. The posters were hung on walls in the school. Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times Early Intervention Featured at Grovecrest Red Ribbon Week Grovecrest Elementary kicked off their RedGreen Ribbon Week on Monday, October Oc-tober 18, in an assembly. Students were given bracelets brace-lets purchased by the PTA to wear throughout the week to remind them to be drug free and keep their bodies healthy. They were taught how to say "no" and rally as a school. Activities were held each day to remind the students to say "no" to drugs and be their best self. Tuesday was Crazy Hair Day "You're CRAZY if you take drugs," Wednesday Wednes-day was Boots Day "Help us STOMP out drugs," Thursday was Hat Day "Put a CAP on drugs," and Friday was Backwards Back-wards Shirt Day "Turn your BACK on drugs." Students were encouraged to wear red or green on Friday. During lunch on Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday, students pledged to be drug free and keep their bodies healthy by signing a poster. The posters post-ers were hung on walls in the school where the PTA also posted pictures of the week's events. Jamie Resch volunteered to spear head the event because her daughter is there at the school. She said, "I know they need help. I love doing it and it is a lot of fun and a lot of work. I'm able to help out and I feel it is my responsibility to be involved in my daughter's education." Principal Martinson said, "Being your best self and being healthy is a focus at Grovecrest. We couldn't do without red ribbon rib-bon week because the kids absolutely ab-solutely look forward to it, absolutely abso-lutely love it." - She wants students to realize real-ize that it's important to keep their body healthy and that the decisions they make now will impact their future. Principal Martinson noted that if students decide now and pledge to keep their bodies healthy, then it will be easier in the future when they are faced with that because it will come up. It is inevitable. "It is like an early intervention. The sooner the better for kids. I think they have more chance of being successful if they have been educated to the ills of drugs and harmful substances to their body," she concluded. |
