Events
Red Ribbon Week 2022
September 2022: Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month
September 2022: Parent Event, English: Understanding and Supporting Our Young People’s Digital Health and Wellbeing
October 2022: Parent Event, Spanish: Understanding and Supporting Our Young People’s Digital Health and Wellbeing
October & November 2022: Family Workshops (English)
October 2022: Vaping, Tobacco and Substance Abuse Presentation by Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley: English
November 2022: Vaping, Tobacco and Substance Abuse Presentation by Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley: Spanish
November 2022: Parent Café
November 2022: Parent Café: Fentanyl Presentation and Resources
Dear Parents/Guardians,
John Johnson, parent and Fentanyl expert presented powerful information at the Parent Café held 11/30/22.
Parents also came up with the following ideas to support other families in talking with their teens about the dangers of Fentanyl:
-Educate teens on what Fentanyl is and how little can kill a person (1 gram of salt), which could be only half of a pill
-Counterfeit pills look exactly the same (even if someone says they got it from their parents medicine cabinet)
-Talk and talk—don’t assume youth know the dangers. Talk openly and often. Ask your teen, “what do you know about opioids/Fentanyl?”
-Talk about where they might be in danger, help to identify it (parties, hanging out with friends
-Give them strategies to “save face” if they are offered a pill by peers
-Find a VIDEO to watch together to start the conversation
Here are more national resources:
Thank you to Mr. Johnson for your time and expertise. Special thanks to Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. Schryer and Mrs. Rydman for your help with Parent Café. Thanks to all the parents who attended in person and online.
Please listen to The Principal’s Plank PODCAST with Principal Niehoff, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Schryer and Claudia Peña, where they discuss the Fentanyl epidemic.
Spring 2023: Family Workshops (Spanish)
January 2023: Great Kindness Challenge
February 2023: Youthwell, Setting Limits with Love
February 2023: Parent Café: The Pressures of Graduation
March 2023: Color Run