Don't forget, this Friday night, October 25th is the TOPS annual Halloween dance. Enjoy DJ and open gym from 7 to 9 pm. Costumes are optional. Tickets are $5.00 include snacks and drinks, and will be on sale during all lunch periods.
The Library Media Center is looking for student assistants to stamp date due cards, shelve books as well as check them in and out. Interested students should see Ms. Williams in the media center.
The debate club will meet today at 3:15 in the library media center. Please go to your lockers before you arrive and make sure you have a ride home promptly at 4:15.
As Red Ribbon Week kicks off at HMS, thanks to everyone who remembered to wear red to promote awareness of the issue of substance abuse. Prizes will be awarded to the first two homerooms with 100% participation that email a group photo to Mrs. Mahler. Don't forget to donate to our annual food drive for SHIP. We CAN meet out goal of filling ALL 45 homeroom bags this year if everyone brings in one small item, such as a can of tuna, a jar of peanut butter, a box of mac and cheese or a bar of soap. Finally, R U AWARE? trivia starts today in the cafeteria - questions are displayed on the slideshow, and the response box is on the stage. Five winners of Dunkin Donuts gift cards will be announced tomorrow!
RED RIBBON WEEK, which is celebrated annually October 23-31, is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness program.
Red Ribbon Week was started after the death of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who in 1985 was brutally tortured and murdered by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. As a tribute to SA Camarena, high school friend, Henry Lozano and Congressman Duncan Hunter, created “Camarena Clubs” and the wearing of a red ribbon to show their oppositions to drugs.
In 1988, the National Family Partnership coordinated the first National Red Ribbon Week with President and Mrs. Reagan serving as honorary Chairpersons. Since then, the Red Ribbon campaign has taken on national significance, and NFP continues to coordinate the campaign for families, schools and communities across the nation each year. Wearing red ribbons during the month of October continues to represent our pledge to live drug free and honors the sacrifice of all who have lost their lives in the fight against drugs.
Celebrate Red Ribbon Week in your community or your child’s school, and raise awareness of living a drug free life. Take the opportunity to talk to your kids about drugs.