CAS Expo Preparation

As of today, 3/2/2016, Callie, Kiara and I are finished with our CAS Expo preparations and are ready for tomorrow to present our project. I am very excited, as we are making cupcakes tonight, we already have our poster done, and are also buying balloons to put on the table. We are all going to wear our Neural Activity shirts tomorrow and we are very prepared and looking forward to everyone being able to hear about our CAS project!

February Update

After the presentation, we got a very good response from the parents and students who attended. Callie, Kiara and I discussed the presentation and thought it to be a great presentation and were simply disappointed about the turnout of people who attended. However, we are still in Neural Activity and will continue to spread the information about drugs and alcohol to students to positively impact their lives. We are continuing to run the Neural Activity club every Monday, and in there we continue to do things such as teach the members and give presentations about different drugs and the effects of them. We believe this is definitely a universal problem, and will continue to influence our peers to make better decisions to positively impact their future.

PRESENTATION DAY! 1/27/16

Today was the Parent/Student night and the presentation by Colter Church in the library. It was a little hectic before the presentation because I had contacted Mrs. Scroggins earlier and asked her if she could provide us with a projector in order to project the presentation. However, when we arrived, the projector was not there and the library was locked. On top of that, we had technical difficulties in setting up the projector with the computer, and this was hectic and stressful. But the presentation itself was a great success, as those who showed up gained new knowledge about what is happening in the Grand Valley and also very interesting and informative information about a variety of drugs such as marijuana, heroin, meth, cocaine, and prescription drugs. I learned so much from his presentation, more information than I can remember. However, about six people showed up, which was a little disappointing considering how needed this information is among both parents and students to know. The parents and students who attended were all very interested and had a lot of questions for Mr. Church, for which they gained valuable information and insight into what they wanted to know. I believe that this presentation was successful even if it did only influence six lives. The people who are opposed to knowing the effects of using drugs and alcohol, the ones who needed to come most of all, of course do not come because they have a different opinion about drug use than we do. However, through all of the opposition to knowing the negative effects of drugs, I still believe that by doing this presentation, it could set off a chain reaction, in that those who attended could tell their friends and be able to relay information to those who may be affected by drugs. The issue of drug use and abuse in the world is real, not just in the Grand Valley. The impact we are making is small, but it is important to get the information out there so that more and more people come to know about drugs and can be informed to make the right decisions when they are faced with the option of doing drugs.

Final Planning/Preparations 1/11/16

Today, Callie, Kiara and I all met once again to discuss our final plans for the Parent/Student Night with Colter Church as our presenter. Colter Church has prepared a slide show presentation and is planning to bring drug paraphernalia to show parents and students what drug users are using and have used to hide drugs and to use them. Today we verified that the blurbs got put on the newsletter and the event will be announced on the morning announcements. We also discussed the time we would meet on the 27th in order to set up and be prepared for the presentation. We also established the location by meeting with Mrs. Farlow, who told us there are no other events going on in the library the night of Wednesday the 27th, so we were all good to go. I am looking forward to this presentation and am excited about how people will respond to it. We know that Colter Church is highly qualified to answer questions and provide relevant and pertinent information, and so I am hoping that those who need to hear this message will show up to this event as it will be very informational and influential to those who are affected by drugs and alcohol.