Choose Health Program

“Choose Health”

Yorktown High School

Substance Abuse Education/Prevention

(Component of Yorktown’s SEL Program)

The educational program at Yorktown focuses on the development of the whole child by providing a first-rate academic education to each student, and by focusing on their social and emotional development also. Yorktown's school-wide social-emotional learning (SEL) program has been part of the school's mission for over ten years, and has continually evolved over that time.

One aspect of SEL at Yorktown is "Choose Health", a multi-faceted school and classroom initiative for students and parents, designed to help raise awareness and educate the community on the issues surrounding alcohol and drug use by adolescents.

School-wide/Classroom:

“Project Success” Bulletin Boards for Education

And Catalyst for Coversation – Monthly Themes

Basic Drug/Alcohol Information

Health Curriculum

Specific units to include hands-on activities; guest speakers

Class Presentations

Spring Senior Assembly (1 or 2)

Panel with medical personnel, addiction

specialist, person in recovery, etc – presentation

and questions/answers

School Participant, Above the Influence Campaign

(U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy)

Student Athletes/Activities:

Students Against Destructive

Decisions (SADD) – school sponsored

activity and events

Patriot Athletic Council –

Student-Athlete leaders involved in education

And assisting with team awareness

Coaches Leadership – conversations

with students/team at start of season led

by coaches and DSA

Parents:

Fall Parent Meeting: What you need to

know about adolescents and alcohol/drugs

and where to go for help/resources

Community of Concern: School member

and parent resources will be distributed in the fall

PTA – Fall meeting Principal explains

Components of “Choose Health” program;

invites parent participation in activities

Website for Parents

Substance Abuse Counselor: Laurel Cerrud

Nurse: Gigi Bates

Health Teachers

Substance Abuse Counselor: Laurel Cerrud

Counseling (Peggy Brennan)

and Assets Coordinator

Student Activities

Ass’t Director of Activities: Stephanie Meadows

Director of Activities: Michael Krulfeld

Director of Activities: Michael Krulfeld

Counseling (Peggy Brennan)

and READY coalition

Counseling (Peggy Brennan)

and Ass’t DSA

Principal and PTA President

Substance Abuse Counselor: Laurel Cerrud

Last Modified on September 27, 2010