Safe and Drug Free Schools

Raise Your Voice, Fall 2008

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The following projects were created by students during the Fall 2008 semester. The project files have been optimized and/or converted to a Web-friendly format. If you need original files of anything, please contact Heather Coulehan.

Bartlett High School - Freshman Student Government

Students: Morgan Kueter, Audrey Oswald, Rosie Smith
Advisor: Rachel Smith
Main message: The things you love can disappear if you decide to make high-risk choices. Your supports, or assets, can help you not make those high-risk choices.
Media: PowerPoint presentation (available here as a 2.1 MB PDF)

Chugiak High School - FCCLA

Students: Jacqueline Yang, Shannon Lace,Victoria Bledsoe and DelJuan Avila
Advisor: Kathleen Vik
Main message: It’s your life! Your life is not a game of chance. Decide ahead of time how you will handle a situation that involves alcohol and practice responses ahead of time.
Media: Refusal Skills: Not Just A Game of Chance Card Game (PDF)

Eagle River High School - Key Club

Students: Katye Griswold, Adam Neal, Andi Nutty, Ashley Brewer, Skylar Griffith, Katelyn McFarlane, Hali Thompson, Megan Godfrey
Advisor: Mary Richards
Main message: Our main message was to warn students to watch media with a critical eye. We also wanted students to know that not all students in high school drink. By getting involved in sports or clubs and activities students can make friends that share similar goals and not be peer pressured into drinking.
Media: PowerPoint presentation (available here as a 2.1 MB PDF)

Eagle River High School - National Honor Society

Students: Katie Sanders and Paul Groteluschen
Advisor: Amy Keyser
Main message: We used modeling clay to create shapes and figures to portray some of the things that “shape” the lives of teenagers in our world today (sports, music, video games, and alcohol). We displayed the statistic that “85% of teenagers decided not to engage in binge drinking,” and followed that statement with a question to leave the audience with something to consider, “How will you be shaped?”
Media: Video summary (PDF) or click the play button below to watch the video

East High School - Dance Contempo

Students: Ariel Aina, Rachel Droege, Emma McDiffett, Keisuke Sugawara, Marilyn Alvaranga, Shamaira Gray Tessa Moore, Merlee Suniga, Veronica Bell, Brooke Johnson, Chris Reintsma, Valentina Tamayo, Mariah Bellamy, Alyson Kennard, Nancy Shao, Dominique Williams, Karie Carroll, Jayden LeBlanc, Sunny So, Gerlyn Yambao, Jozette Clark, Jamila Mamon, Victoria Spence, Cezar Bautista, Drew Crawford, Anna Marquez, Mckenzie Stratton
Advisor: Jody Reed
Main message: Succumbing to peer pressure can get in the way of goals and plans for the future, leading to “nowhere”. Even if you are headed down the wrong path, it is not too late to take control.
Media: Video - Dance summary (PDF) or click the play button below to watch the video

East High School - Manga/Anime Guild

Students: Hannah Vinson, Jackelynne Chubin, Ryan Miyashiro, and Ethan Harlan
Advisor: Kelly Auer
Main message: The cartoons used humor and hyperbole to show readers that alcohol causes specific health damages and that alcohol use can also have other negative consequences.
Media: Comics published in the East Restroom Reader (3.5 MB PDF)

Service High School - Polynesian Club

Students: Brown Faaaliga, Paris Faiaipau, Liligo Faasavalu, Joseph Sokimi, and Tau Vaaia
Advisor: Meghan Lochner
Main message: You can be fun and cool without drinking. Students have the power to make their own choices. They are great and beautiful the way they are. Students have lots of support (even if they are not aware of it) and life is much better and more fun without drinking.
Media: Song summary (PDF) or click the play button below to listen to the song

Steller Secondary - Shannon's Advisory Group

Students: Katie Scott, Chelsea Dennis, Laura Jungreis, Elise Schapira, Claire Schapira, James “Zeb” Rademan, Bryn Winterberger, Jennifer Green, Malcolm Kenney, Caitlyn Petersen, Chelsea M., Brian
Advisor: Shannon Herda
Main message: The main message of the video is not to give in to drinking just because your friends are drinking. Don’t be a zombie!
Media: Video summary (PDF) or click the play button below to watch the video

West High School - International Baccalaureate

Students: Christina Markiewicz, Matt Haynes, David Mills, Rachel Sather, and Mark Hansen
Advisor: John Ruhlin
Main message: The main message of our campaign was that the decision to drink is never a just personal one. Teens lead connected lives, and they need to acknowledge that drinking can chip away at meaningful relationships – with friends, family, teammates, and so on.
Media: Computer desktop images - electronic poster campaign (13 MB PDF)