SADD

SADD is an organization that meets on the second Tuesday each month.  SADD stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions.  SADD sponsors the Grim Reaper Day in the spring and Red Ribbon Week in the fall.
  Sponsors:  
Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Swearengen

SADD Ghost Out


SADD
"The SADD organization was originally begun to help young people make the correct choices concerning drinking and driving--NO!  SADD has now expanded to include not only drinking and driving but also other destructive decisions as well:  drug use, teen violence and teen depression and suicide.  SADD provides students with positive peer pressure, information from community leaders, as well as intervention tools to help teens deal with destructive decisions wisely.

"The SADD chapter encourages teens to have fun, enjoy life, choose positive personal relationships that do not include alcohol or drugs.  SADD members try to be positive influences to show that there are alternatives to abusive substances."   

Red Ribbon Week

Our SADD chapter sponsors Red Ribbon Week usually the last week in October to present a visible commitment to a safe, healthy, drug-free lifestyle.  We try to create awareness about the dangers associated with alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.  Our goal is to help students choose healthy lifestyles.  


Red Ribbon Week first started in 1988 honoring a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was kidnapped and killed in Mexico in February, 1988.  He was responsible for uncovering a multi-billion dollar drug scam involving officers of the Mixican Army, police forces and government.  The U.S. Congress first proclaimed Red Ribbon Week in  1988 to support Agent Camarena and the cause which took his life:  combating drugs.

At the end of Red Ribbon Week, we have Scare Away Drugs Day where all studends can dress in their favorite costumes to scare away drugs and show their commitment to a drug free life.

Ghost Out

Throughout the school day, the Grim Reaper randomly pulls chosen students from their classes. He is showing, not telling, the students how easy it is -- how random it is -- to become a destructive decision statistic. The students know from the SADD program  that every time a "victim" is pulled out of class, someone in America has just died from a destructive decision. The victims' faces are painted white with one black tear. Their eye sockets are blackened with makeup. They are "dead" for the rest of the day. All day long, the dead are in evidence. They attend classes, but do not speak to anyone. If another student talks to them, they act as if they cannot hear, as if they are not there. The victims are given death certificates and obituaries describing the impaired driving crash that killed them. Their obituaries are  read to the student body at the end of the day, and then SADD provides a speaker to futher explain what happens when the wrong choice is made.
Tree of Life

Because the tree is a symbol of life, the Tree of Life activity focuses on the positive message of living a life free of the hazards and heartache of involvement with alcohol and other drugs.  We place the Tree of Life in a prominent place to remember those who have died or have been injured in an alcohol-related crash and to remember others you wish to have a safe holiday season.

We use a live tree, strung with white lights to signify life.  We use gold, silver, blue, and white stars to remember those we've lost, honor those who have survived, honor the living who impact our lives, and promise ourselves, family, and friends of our commitment against destructive decisions.

Prom Promise

SADD knows the pressures that accompany prom and prom parties.  The SADD chapter encourages all students attending the prom to sign the prom promise to abstain from destructive decisions and help others who have not made wise choices.

Remember: Every 33 minutes someone in this country dies in an alcohol-related crash. We must do everything possible to stop these senseless tragedies.