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Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free Week
For Red Ribbon Week, we will be focusing on how we can be happy and brave for life!
Research shows that strengthening kids in four areas is the best way to prevent them from engaging in risky behaviors, such as drug/alcohol use:
- Family Bonding
- Community Connection
- Healthy Relationships
- Personal Development & Resiliency
We invite students to dress up as outlined below, complete the suggested school and home activities, and return their paper for a reward at the end of the week. (Even though we will focus on one area each day at school, activities do NOT have to be completed on the exact day indicated. Make these activities fit with YOUR family’s schedule!)
Home Activities: Please refer to the handout that came home with your student.
MONDAY
“The future is BRIGHT!”
Dress up: Wear your brightest/neon clothes.
Focus: Personal Development & Resiliency - Create a Positive Vision
School Activity: I Gotta Wear Shades.
TUESDAY
“Follow your dreams and BE HAPPY!”
Dress up: Wear your pajamas.
Focus: Healthy Relationships - Positive Energy
School Activity: Kindness Challenge
WEDNESDAY
“I can be BRAVE like a superhero!”
Dress up: As a superhero.
Focus: Personal Development & Resiliency - No Bullies Allowed
School Activity: Writing Contest and Class Activity how can I be brave?
THURSDAY
“My family is a TEAM in helping make good choices.
Dress up: Wear your favorite sports team Shirt.
Focus: Family Bonding - Love Your Passengers
School Activity: Wall of Pledges
FRIDAY
“We’re RED-Y to make a difference!”
Dress up: Wear as much red as you can.
Focus: Community Connection - Enjoy the Ride
School Activity: Thank-You Cards for Santaquin Police, Firefighters, First Responders
Helps for Home Activities throughout the week
Technology is great, but it can be a distraction from what matters most. Tonight, take a break from screens and spend some quality time as a family. Need some ideas?
Check out the list below!
Family Unplugged Night Indoor Activity Ideas:
Have a board game night
Go to the library to check out some new books and have a read-a-thon at home
Host your own concert featuring family members!
Not much musical talent? Don’t worry, you can turn on some music and lip sync or sing along!
Make dinner together as a family.
Try a new recipe
Explore a local museum
Go out for dinner at your favorite Restaurant
Take a fitness class together
Bake something from scratch
Family Unplugged Night Outdoor
Attend a concert in the park
Rake leaves and jump in them
Head up the canyon to make smores around a campfire
Carve pumpkins
Go trick-or-treating
Get in some fall camping, even if it’s in your own backyard
Lay out some blankets and look at the stars
Bust out the art supplies and have a creative family art night
Go roller or ice skating at your local rink
Head to a pond or fishery and see who can catch the biggest fish
Go for a hike
Go for a bike ride
Kick around a soccer ball or shoot hoops together
Take a walk around your neighborhood
Throw a frisbee
Red Ribbon Week Writing Contest
What does it mean to be brave? There are several different ways to be brave, but being brave is not only having courage or not being scared but it is also about doing something that is hard. We all face hard things in our life and we can do hard things! What is it that you do that makes you brave? Write a poem, song, story, or essay about you and how you can be brave. Include:
- why being brave is important to you
- how you think being brave will help you to make good choices and stay away from drugs and alcohol
Turn your finished writing in to your teacher by Thursday, October 22nd. A prize will be given in each grade for the winner on Friday, October 23rd.
Red Ribbon Week Writing Contest
What does it mean to be brave? There are several different ways to be brave, but being brave is not only having courage or not being scared but it is also about doing something that is hard. We all face hard things in our life and we can do hard things! What is it that you do that makes you brave? Write a poem, song, story, or essay about you and how you can be brave. Include:
- why being brave is important to you
- how you think being brave will help you to make good choices and stay away from drugs and alcohol
Turn your finished writing in to your teacher by Thursday, October 22nd. A prize will be given in each grade for the winner on Friday, October 23rd.
Focus: Family Bonding
Research has identified the family as a significant source of protection against drug and alcohol abuse among adolescents. Developing healthy family relationships can enhance the ability of parents to communicate good choices to their children. Positive attachment to parents is a strong protective factor against drug and alcohol use among adolescents.
Focus: Personal Development & Resiliency
Think about a see-saw, imagining one side with a child’s strengths, skills, and abilities to handle life’s challenges, and the other side with challenges-- bullying, stress, academic struggles, fear of failure, loss of friends, problems at home, etc. The more social and emotional skills we can teach children, the better able they will be to balance themselves back and forth on the “seesaw of life.”
Focus: Healthy Relationships
Building social and personal skills enhances individual capacities, influences attitudes, and promotes healthy peer relationships, which are protective factors against substance use. Research shows that being socially connected and having good-quality relationships can make us happier and can improve our sense of wellbeing, therefore, helping to prevent risky behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use.
Focus: Community Connection
When children feel connected to a larger community, they have relationships with many mentors whom they look up to and who guide, encourage, and look out for them.