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Every 15 Minutes comes to Northwestern
Every 15 minutes tomorrow and Friday Northwestern students will be reminded of the importance of making good decisions related to drinking, driving and personal safety.
The Clark County Combined Health District will present the “Every 15 Minutes” program at Northwestern High School tomorrow. The program, based on the concept that every 15 minutes someone dies from an alcohol-related traffic collision, starts with a mock crash tomorrow at 9 a.m. For the remainder of the day, a student will be “taken” from class — by a Grim Reaper — every 15 minutes.
At 6 p.m., there will be a lock-in at Wittenberg University and the program will end with a mock funeral Friday morning. The program focuses on high school juniors and seniors.
I’ll be there tomorrow to tell you more about this effort.
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By Rick
October 15, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this
Do you understand how utterly preposterous this is? Our children need more education, not a day off so that the school can assume the duties of the parents. What if parents don’t want their kids partaking of this feel good event? Leave this to the parents and teaching the 3Rs to the schools.