curriculum & staff development

drug/alcohol/violence prevention council

March 8, 2005
Capsule/A.C.T. Program

Minutes

Attended: Susan Brileya, Maggie Johnston, Chelsea Grant, Manya Bouteneff, Shelby Sheehan,
Kenadi Dattilio, Megan Smith, Steve Haney, Jay Stetzel, Sue Williams, Jesse Bunde, Jesse Morris, Dylan Bresnick,  Jenn Cunningham, Katie Viau, Clara Childers, Bec Miller, Brandon Hoose, Mona Simpson, Alyson Cota,  Monica McEnerny, Mavis Stansbery, Deb White, Kitty Oxholm, Kristine Jackson, Adrienne Cohen, Ashley Eriksen, Pam Smith, Judy Danzig, Taylor Pidgeon, Ryan Sheehan, Ben Maurer, Tiffany Roberts,

Guest Speaker: Kathy Roszman - GMPP

Absent: Ann McGrath, Glenn Story, Mike Reiderer, Deb Hall, Tara Brooks, Juli Reiderer, Carol Spencer
 
Thank you Vergennes Union Middle School VKAT students for hosting our March 8, 2005, Prevention Council meeting.   Monica McEnerny, Deb White and VKAT students planned and ran the entire 2 hour meeting with both enthusiasm and wonderful leadership Skills!  Our lunch crew had a few glitches with their oven!  Laura Husk spent the evening before the meeting preparing the meal. Capsule students did an awesome job creating a wonderful restaurant environment.

School Updates: Dylan opened sharing!

           

Vergennes Union Middle School:

 

 

Vergennes Union Elementary School:

  • Health Fair – student made center pieces for the Student Recognition luncheon

 

FCS:

  • Food Drive – food donated to the food shelf
  • Adventure Game Night
  • No Name Calling Week – coming up in April

This is a school wide event with skits, poster contest, bullying awareness, Parent training

 

ACS

  • Spirit Week

Monday - Clash Day

Tuesday - Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday - Hat Day

Thursday - Dress up/dress down day – Teachers dress as students & students dress as

teachers

Friday - Opposite Day

  • Para-Educators and Administrative Assistant Appreciation Breakfast and events
  • Cabin Fever—after school activities (arts & crafts, theater, projects, sports, etc)

 

Tobacco Bingo – VKAT led this interactive game that helps students to get to know each other. Both adults and students got into the act.

 

4 Square Tobacco Trivia – Kristine and Ashley tested our Tobacco IQ! Tobacco questions were asked.  Each person would go to the site A,B,C,D that matched their response.  It was amazing to observe, even after much training around tobacco myths and facts, several adults got answers wrong. VKAT did a great job with the questions and running the activity. All students and adults were actively engaged.

 

Green Mountain Peer Projects: Kathy Roszman

 

VKAT invited Kathy to come and speak about leadership opportunities through the GMPP.  Kathy answered questions and shared important dates.  Building-based prevention coordinators are interested in taking some students to the upcoming Teen Leadership Institute on March 31.

 

Each table took time to talk about our May 10 meeting. This will be the last meeting for this school year.  Alyson will hold a meeting with supervisors and look at suggestions.  All elementary schools will work together to plan and run the May meeting.

 

Alyson asked the students to think about ideas for a Tee Shirt.  She would like to have T’s made as a token of appreciation!  Students attended all meetings and fully participated.  It feels like this new format is working.

 

 

Next Meeting:

 

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

VUHS – Capsule Room