| Show I Community of caring gathered at Jennifer Kimball Contributing Writer t TA THILE students V Y V were away for spring break the drug and alcohol education programs program's Peer Support Team and BACCHUS sponsored the C Community of Caring Almost graders from Brockbank Junior High attended the workshop on Mar 17 The Community of Caring teaches junior high and high school students the five core values trust caring respect responsibility and family These students are taught about teen pregnancy sex education education with with h respect and responsibility in mind mind and and self esteem Tori Evans st student dent and representative of the Peer Support Team approached Diane Cashel director of Drug and Alcohol Education suggesting participation in inthe inthe inthe the Community of Caring Cashel was excited about Community of Caring having their workshop here at The Community of C Caring ring is a a. federally funded program from Washington DC D.C. This program is filtered through districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis throughout the United States Young teenage students are swamped with the hazards and emotional p problems of drugs and al alcohol alcohol alcohol al- al cohol from a very young age said Cashel The Community of Caring wants to teach the kids responsibility and respect with the community and with each other The students including including including ing straight A A students through risk high-risk students from Brockbank were randomly randomly randomly ran ran- chosen to participate in the workshop The students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents represented all different educational interests The Community of Caring program was put into forums so would be able to talk freely about their feelings on different subjects The students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents were not lect lectured red to instead instead instead in in- stead leaders wanted the stu students students stu stu- q dents to feel and know that what they say themselves is important and valuable Hopefully the students will feel that the Peer Support Team are good role models they want to follow said Cashel It lilt will definitely be a learning experience for our Peer Support Team |
