Red Ribbon Week

This week is Red Ribbon Week. We are pledging to be DRUG FREE!!!
It’s Showtime! Time to Show That We Can Say No!

Monday: Show Your Team Spirit

“Team Up Against Drugs!”

(Students will wear their favorite team shirt or sweatshirt.)

Tuesday: Show Your Character

“My Character Shines-I’m Drug Free!”

(Students wear shiny or sparkly clothing and/or accessories, jewelry, jackets, belts, etc.)

Wednesday: Show Your Personality

“Don’t Get Mixed Up in Drugs!”

(Students wear mix/match clothing. Have fun with this, but everyone MUST follow the dress code.)

Thursday: Show Your Citizenship

“Be a Jean-ius and Vote!”

(Student will wear BLUE jeans and a RED shirt. Students will participate in our Mock Election on this day.)

Every day: Show How We CAN Help Others

Beginning this week, running through October 28, our school will “show how we CAN help others” by bringing canned goods and/or non-perishable food items for the Good Neighbor Cupboard! Every classroom that collects at least 2 items per number of students will receive a small treat for each child!

Tobacco Facts

· In the US, tobacco kills about 1 person every 8 seconds, 50 people an hour, 1,200 people a day or 443,000 people a year (cdc.gov)

· Worldwide approximately 5 million people die each year (cdc.gov)

· Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States

· Tobacco is directly linked to the #1 causes of death including: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and lung diseases

· Smoking damages almost every organ in the body

· Smokers have a life expectancy that is on average 13-14 years shorter than a non-smoker (cdc.gov)

· There are over 200 ingredients in cigarettes which include gross things like arsenic (rat poison), formaldehyde (ingredient used to embalm dead bodies), acetone (fingernail polish remover), benzene (rubber cement), acetic acid

· The majority of 5^th graders do NOT smoke!! 98% don’t smoke!!

· Smokeless Tobacco (chewing, dip, etc)

o Smokeless tobacco is a significant health risk and is not a safe substitute for smoking cigarettes. (cdc.gov)

o 28 known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents)

o People who use smokeless tobacco are 50 times more likely to get oral cancers including mouth, tongue and cheek cancer

· Secondhand smoke:

o Secondhand smoke is just as dangers and causes some of the same health effects as first hand smoke

o At least 250 toxic chemicals, including more than 50 that can cause cancer (cdc.gov)

o For every 8 smokers who die from smoking, 1 innocent by-stander will die due to secondhand smoke

o Secondhand smoke exposure causes an estimated 3,400 lung cancer deaths annually among adult nonsmokers in the United States (cdc.gov)

o There is no risk-free level of contact with secondhand smoke; even brief exposure can be harmful to health (cdc.gov)

o 27 states have gone “smoke-free”…South Carolina is NOT one of them

My Ultimate Dream



(Jean Newman)



I would like to see

A world that is drug free

Where children laugh and play

Safe from harm every day

Where “Mary Jane”

Is still just a girl’s name

Where “Crack” still means a narrow space

And there are no such terms as “Meth Head” or “Meth Face”

Where “to Trip” means to take a fall

And a “Hit” is made when a bat strikes a ball

Where “Cold Turkey” is a Thanksgiving treat

And “Tracks” are made in the snow from the boots on your feet

Where “Fix” means to repair

And a “Rush” means you’re in a hurry to get somewhere.

Where “High” is simply a level up and “Low” is simply a level down

And illegal drugs can not be found

A world that is wholesome and “Clean”

That is my ultimate dream.