RUDYARD, Mich. - U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools has awarded $1.2 million to Rudyard Schools' S.T.A.N.D. program to implement prevention programming for their students. The grant cycle runs for three years and will end in 2007.
One of the classes that S.T.A.N.D offers is Creating Lasting Family Connections. CLFC is a program designed to help teens and their parents in several areas: self-awareness, relationship techniques, discipline and development of family rules and expectations, personal responsibility, current drug and alcohol information, and ways to appropriately express feelings for self-esteem enhancement. The classes are divided into two sections, one for adults and one for teens, both of which are free of charge.
Families completing the class are eligible to win prizes generously donated by area businesses. The grand prize winner this spring in the adult section was Mary Sorrell, who received a stay at the Best Western Harbour Pointe in St. Ignace, Mich., and a certificate for a free pizza at Java Joe's, also in St. Ignace. Second runner up was Evelyene Bumstead, who received a family meal certificate from the Main Street Cafe in Pickford, Mich. Youth winner was Robert Parr, who walked away with a personal CD player donated by Erickson's Appliance and Furniture Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
The S.T.A.N.D. team would like to thank all of the participants and the businesses that donated prizes for helping to make this class a success. Classes will resume in the fall and anyone interested in participating or learning more about CLFC can contact Julie Barber at Rudyard High School at 906-478-3771, ext. 243.
Julie Barber is the S.T.A.N.D. director at Rudyard Schools.
