'Red Ribbon Week' Celebration
Geared to Drug Abuse Prevention
October 23, 2009
Plano ISD's 55,000 students and their school faculty and staff members in our 70 schools will join in the national Red Ribbon Week drug abuse prevention celebration October 23-30. Schools will submit news and photos for this website through the end of October. Please return soon for updates!
Elementary Schools
Aldridge Elementary School
Aldridge Elementary School staff opened up the Red Ribbon Week assembly with a rap!
Barron Early Childhood School
"High-Flying Excitement" with a knockout message kicked off "Red Ribbon Week" for the students at Barron Elementary School.
Carlisle Elementary School
Carlisle Elementary School celebrated with the theme "Use your head, don't do drugs!" during Red Ribbon Week. Pictured are (l-r) Mary Kate, Mrs. Glock, Allie, Owen, Dixon, Mrs. McElligott, Aiden and Mrs. Miller.
Students wore camouflage on "Drugs can't find me!" day at Carlisle Elementary School. Pictured are (l-r) McKenzie, Madison, Joshua, Brietta, Mrs. Duke (librarian), Blake, Nicholas, Sean, Safiyya and Samantha.
Centennial Elementary School
Centennial Elementary School students kicked off the week with a campus wide balloon release on October 19. The Centennial Comets took a stand and pledged to be drug free!
Hedgcoxe Elementary School
Hedgcoxe Elementary School third students in Mrs. Culbertson's class warmed up to being drug free.
Saigling Elementary School
Fifth grade students Sarah Reeves, Claire Thompson MaKenzie Sinkovec showed off their Red Ribbon bracelets. The fifth grade students wore bracelets to remind them to say "No" to drugs.
Middle Schools
Schimelpfenig Middle School
Schimelpfenig Middle School sixth grade students Rachel Palet, Erienne Terpak and Mary Monjaras Ibarra teamed up to design a Red Ribbon Week poster during their advisory class.
“My Life, My Choice to Be Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Free!”
was the theme for Schimelpfenig's events held October 19-23. The school has held month-long PTA presentations and special events including students signing a large red ribbon during, a peer pressure program by Motivational Productions, wearing "Live Drug Free" wristbands from the PTA and a "MADD Crash Car" which students viewed during language arts and followed up with writing reflection assignments.
Students also participated in theme dress days such as wearing red for “I Pledge to Be Drug Free” day, wearing hats for “Put a Cap on Drugs” day, wearing athletic sweats dor “Being Drug Free is No Sweat” day, wearing red, white and blue on “Be Free by Staying Drug Free” day and wearing school spirit shirts on "Panthers Team Up against Drugs” day.
Each of the school's advisory classes developed an original anti-drug slogan for the school's Red Ribbon Week poster contest.
High Schools & Senior High Schools
Shepton High School
Shepton High School Stette officers posed with the MADD car (Mother's Against Drunk Drivers). This was the actual car of a drunk driver who took a teen's life. Shepton STAND (Students Taking Action And Not Drugs) organized having the car parked on the campus.
Helpful Links
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Plano ISD is a member of this group which
provides alcohol and drug assessments and referral, information,
a video library and speakers bureau.
