The week of October 19-23 we are observing ‘Red Ribbon Week’ here at our school. Red Ribbon Week is a national awareness campaign that began in 1985 to serve as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug prevention and education.

There will be various age appropriate activities going on throughout the week to promote healthy choices and to teach our students about being responsible and safe. This is a good week to have conversations or read books regarding this subject as they will be hearing about it at school and that can open a communication that is sometimes hard to initiate. Here are some age appropriate reading choices on the subject of making good choices, being healthy and resisting peer pressure. Thank you in advance for supporting your children’s participation in Red Ribbon Week’s events and activities.

K-1

• Hunter’s Best Friend at School by Laura Malone Elliott
• Oh, the Things You Can Do that are Good for You!: All About Staying Healthy by Tish Rabe
• How to Behave and Why by Munro Leaf

2-3

• How to Behave and Why by Munro Leaf
• Oh, the Things You Can Do that are Good for You!: All About Staying Healthy by Tish Rabe
• I Can Say “No!” by Shirley Priscilla Johnsonan
• Win or Lose By How You Choose! by Judge Judy Sheindlin

4-5

• Win or Lose By How You Choose! by Judge Judy Sheindlin
• What Would You Do?: Quizzes About Real-Life Problems by Patti Kelley Criswell
• Dork in Disguise by Carol Gorman

Parents

• Raising Drug-free Kids: 100 Tips for Parents by Aletha Solter