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National
Character Counts!
Red
Ribbon Week
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- Monday, October 22
- Wear RED for Caring AND to
kick off Red Ribbon Week.
- Today's Theme: Drugs Are
Not In Our "CARE"acter
- Let's Wrap Our School In
Red During Recess
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- Tuesday, October 23
- Wear YELLOW for Respect or GREEN for
Responsibility.
- Today's Theme: Drug Free - It's Your Responsibility
- We'll be signing a Drug-Free pledge poster
in school today.
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- Wednesday, October 24
- Wear mustang-BLUE for Trustworthiness
and to show your spirit.
- Today's Theme: Trust Me To
Be Drug Free
- At Warbles, we welcome our
friends from FHS for a Pep Rally
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- Thursday, October 25
- Wear PURPLE for Citizenship or ORANGE
for Fairness.
- Today's Theme: Be Fair To Your Future
- Don't forget that tonight's Boo In
The Park at Stevenson Park starts at 6:00.
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- Friday, October 26
- Wear a costume that shows your love for books
for our Storybook Parade.
- Today's Theme: Read All About Us: Good Character
. . . . Good Choice!
- This is also when we get to celebrate in
our Great Pumpkin Parties.
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- Saturday, October 27
- Wrap up our weeklong celebration
with FISD at Stevenson Park to Wrap The Town Red
at 9:00 a.m.
- Come and see our very own
Westwood Treble Makers Choir perform.
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| It's
a Wrap by Barbara Gruener |
| Under a clear-blue
sunny sky with the temps in the fifties, FISD families met Saturday
morning around the gazebo at Stevenson Park to Wrap Up Red Ribbon
and Character Counts! Week. The pep-rally-style gathering, organized
by the FISD counselors and led by emcee and FHS Principal Mark
Griffon, included clubs, sports, and extracurricular groups from
all of the campuses in FISD and well as community stakeholders
like school board members, the FISD police department, and members
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The Friendswood Jr. High choir, under the
direction of Melissa Smith, kicked off the event with the singing
of the National Anthem and a delightful version of Button
Up Your Overcoat. FISD School Board President Ralph Hobratschk
addressed the crowd using a flashlight as a focal point to illustrate
his point about how quickly light travels, how it needs a stopping
point to even be seen, and how drugs stop people from being lights
in the world. Friendswood Mayor David Smith shared words of wisdom
about the importance of building character in our community.
FISD Superintendent Trish Hanks applauded the parents for their
involvement with our children, tomorrow's leaders, and talked
with the students about Responsibility, our Pillar in the spotlight
this month.
Westwood's very own Treble Makers choir, under
the direction of Laura Rachita, then took the stage to "pledge
to lead a drug-free life and be happy and healthy. . . to encourage
my friends to join me and stand up for what is right," before
singing one of their favorite character songs, Forever Free.
Mid-song, speakers Taylor R. and Claire K. took the mic to proudly
declare, "we're a new generation of kids doing positive
things."
'RED-y' to wrap, the crowd was then launched
into town by the FJH cheerleaders, whose sponsor Lindsey Gibbs
joined them in leading a drug-free chant following their dance
routine. Red Ribbon Week continues nationally through Tuesday,
October 30.
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Tips To Raising Drug-Free Kids |
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1. Compliment your kids on their character,
individuality, and on all their efforts.
2. Involve your kids in adult-supervised after-school activities
that they are interested in.
3. Develop and practice ways for your kids to get out of drug-related
situations.
4. Get to know your kids' friends and their parents.
5. Call kids' parents if their home is to be used for a party.
6. Set curfews, enforce them, and let them know the consequences
of breaking curfew.
7. Let your kids know that they can ask you anything and that
you will give them an honest answer.
8. Set a "no use" rule for alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.
9. Sit down for dinner with your kids at least once a week to
talk.
10. Make and enforce clear rules.
11. Consistently enforce a small number of rules with mild consequences.
12. Show you care enormously about the choices your kids make
about drugs.
13. Plan regular parent-child activities that both of you enjoy.
14. Emphasize the things your kids do right instead of focusing
on what they do wrong.
15. If you abuse alcohol or drugs, seek professional help.
16. Talk early and often about drugs and their consequences.
17. Talk with your kids about the things that are important to
them every day.
18. Listen to your kids.
19. Take advantage of everyday "teachable moments"
to discuss drugs.
20. Arrange to have your kids looked after or involved in activities
from 3-5 in the afternoon.
21. Leave your kids notes and talk to them on the phone so that
they will feel your presence.
22. Offer to pick your kids up at any time when they are in a
place where drugs are being used.
23. Be involved in your kids' lives and have fun with them.
Source: The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
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| Rain
Won't Ruin Recess Wrap |
| Monday's rain may have dampened
the ground a bit, but it didn't dampen the Red Ribbon spirit at
Westwood! Chosen randomly from those wearing red, a few second
graders from Mrs. Waltenbaugh's class joined Mr. Whitlock and
Mrs. Gruener to start The Recess Wrap after Monday's rain stopped.
A special thanks goes to those PTO volunteers who tied these beautiful
bows ahead of time so that we'd be ready to wrap our school in
RED once the weather cooperated. We'll try again on Tuesday, so
please join us then for The Recess Wrap! |
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The Bows are "RED"y,
that's plain to see -
for Red Ribbon Week
and so are we!
On Monday, wear RED,
to celebrate
good character choices;
we can hardly wait.
During recess we'll tie
our red bows everywhere;
so with passersby
our message we'll share.
Listen - drugs destroy lives.
And we know that' that's true!
Acting with good character
is what we'd rather do!
So join us on Monday
for the Recess Wrap.
To say we'll never ever fall
into that icky drug trap.
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