Parents, Students, Teachers, and any interested Community Member

Please join us for another: 

Wilton Community Forum

Follow-up to April 14^th forum:

Results of UCONN Substance Abuse Prevention Survey

Wednesday, April 28, 1999

Middlebrook School Cafeteria

7:30-9:00 PM

7:30-8:30 PM -- Small Group Discussion/Brainstorming

Choose from:

Community-based, School-based, or Family-based Initiatives

8:30-9:00 PM -- Large group, sharing of ideas

A Collaborative effort of:

Wilton Youth Council, Wilton Public Schools and Wilton Youth Services

Please let us know if you will be attending by calling

Wilton Youth Services, 834-6241

To review the full report of

And

To respond to the UCONN survey

E-mail us at

We'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas!

• Freshman Seminar (substance component in fall for all freshmen)
• Adolescent Health (required semester course for all sophomores)
• Junior Health (required unit in junior year PE)
• Senior Health (required unit in senior year PE)

Long-Term • Student Assistance Team meets weekly to discuss substance concerns about

students

Long -Term • Outreach Counselor handles substance cases

1996-present • Pre-Prom Safety Program (May/June)

1996-present • Red Ribbon Week (speakers, activities, information) (May)

1996 • Assembly Committee organized and sponsored Looking in Players in

Last Call. All presentations were for the entire student body (April)

1996 • Peervention sponsored Small Group Discussions w/ entire student body (November)

1996 • White Out Day (Spring)

1997-98 • Administrative team published two separate articles in PTSA News re

student/parent issues. In conjunction w/ Student Govt. AT is revised

Student Handbook and worked on publicity and legal issues in sub-

committee

1997-98 • COA Group met regularly

1997-98 • Parent Support Group

1997 • Smoking Cessation Program (February)

1997 • Drunk Driving Assembly (All School) (December)

1997 • Great American Smoke Out (November)

1997 • PTSA Principal’s Coffee substance discussion (Fall)

1997 • Youth Council sponsored Youth Conference (May)

1998 • Community SAT created sub-committee to develop substance survey

(January)

1998 • SAT planned Parent University Day (Winter)

1998 • Youth Council in conjunction w/ SAT sponsored "Something Happened Last

Year" (drug/Alcohol play w/ WHS students for WHS and MBrk) (February)

1998 • Adolescent Issues Assembly

1998 • UCONN Substance/Prevention Survey given district 6-12, (April)

1999 • Youth Council/WHS Choices Conference (March)

1999 • UCONN Substance/Prevention Survey Results Forum (April 99)