Today, we met with Mrs. Marsh about our presentation for November. In this meeting, we talked about what we wanted to do at the presentation and verified with Mrs. Marsh the things that we could do on the night of the presentation. She gave us suggestions and we ran our ideas past her to make sure that everything we were doing would be doable. We specifically discussed ways in which we could get the word out to the public about our event, and now we are working to get those done so that people can start planning whether or not they would like to come. We are now writing a blurb to put in the school news letter, a blurb to send out to parents through email, and a short informative statement to put on the electric sign outside of the school. Kierra Hall and Hannah Carver have provided us with contacts whom we are looking into speaking at the presentation. One contact works at the Grand Mesa Youth Center, Miranda Botts, who works around troubled youth and we would like her to provide from her perspective what is going on in the valley and how she has seen the effects of drugs and alcohol or negative influences on the lives of adolescents. The other is a counselor for kids who have experienced drug abuse, and we would also like her to provide insight as to the problem of drugs around the valley increasing amongst adolescents.
This Sunday, Callie, Kiara and I are meeting to write these blurbs to make sure we are on the same page, and also to finalize the speakers and people who we will have at this presentation. We will also designate who will contact which speakers then, so that we can each have a part in the contact process. Right now, I am feeling good about where we are at for this presentation. It is something that I believe is important for parents and students to hear about what is going on in the valley and how their student can get involved in more positive and beneficial activities to not be influenced negatively by drugs and alcohol. We realize that some people may believe that this is stupid or pointless, believing that we are forcing our opinions about drugs and alcohol upon them. But with this presentation night, we are really focusing on the facts of how drugs affect adolescents, providing parents with information that they may desire to be informed about what is going on in schools today, while also providing the student with alternatives such as clubs and activities to get involved in.
