Ida, left, and Kristan, all 10-year-old fourth-graders at Burrows Elementary School, participate in Red Ribbon week festivities on the field in front of Barber Fitness Center Oct. 30.
Quantico Middle⁄High School ended Red Ribbon Week with a ‘‘Say Boo to Drugs” crusadeOct. 30.
Working with Students Against Drunk Driving, $1 tickets were sold for students to ride a tricycle while wearing intoxication goggles. Intoxication goggles can give a person the feeling of being under the influence of alcohol.
‘‘The goggles made my stomach hurt,” said11-year-old Ashanti. ‘‘This made me not wantto drink.”
The week-long anti-drug campaign started Tuesday with ‘‘Put a cap on drugs,” where students were allowed to wear a baseball cap during school. Tuesday was followed by, ‘‘Team up against drugs” by wearing their favorite team’s jersey, and ‘‘Sock it to drugs” on Thursday, where students worecrazy socks.
‘‘It’s a fun week to educate and get the message out to students about drugs and alcohol,” said QMHS assistant principal Dan Mulhern.
Red Ribbon week is an annual event that began in 1985 after the death of Drug EnforcementAdministration special agent Enrique Camarena. To celebrate the week schools and communities work together by wearing red, handing out redribbons and discussing the importance of a drug-free lifestyle.
‘‘We want to promote drug prevention,” said QMHS school nurse Lisa Hatcher. ‘‘Students have fun doing this and are learning at the same time.”
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