Now more than ever, it is important for students to acquire the tools for a healthy and safe lifestyle. During the week of Oct. 26-30, the District promoted a healthy and drug-free lifestyle through celebration of Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug campaign sponsored by the National Family Partnership.

Through participation in a variety of school-sponsored activities, students presented a unified and visible commitment to be drug-free school district. In addition to talking in school and with parents about this year’s theme “Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free,” students wore jerseys to “team up” against drugs, crazy socks to “sock it” to drugs, mismatched clothes to prevent getting “mixed up” with drugs and crazy hair to “use their heads” in not using drugs. They also wore red to pledge a lifelong commitment to Red Ribbon Week.

At Bellport Middle School, students attended a virtual presentation with Phil Januszewski and Matt Matkovich of M&P Productions and sponsored by Compass Unity.
The entertaining duo talked about embracing the awkward, self-confidence and a focus on the positive with an emphasis on what makes ordinary life extraordinary.

“When you take a healthy risk, you open new opportunities,” Januszewski told students.