MFISD campuses participate in anti-drug Red Ribbon Week
Pre-kindergartners at Highland Lakes Elementary (from left) Mariah Murley, Cole Wheeler and Annika Parker are awed Wednesday, Oct. 29, when an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter landed near campus. Their teacher, Kim Smythe, said the timing was perfect because her students have been learning about community helpers.
By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula
Every MFISD campus participated in Red Ribbon Week, an anti-drug campaign run by the nonprofit National Family Partnership since 1985.
Highland Lakes Elementary students saw a Parade of Safety vehicles Wednesday morning, welcoming Granite Shoals police, fire department, animal control, and even Air Evac Lifeteam. Students were awed when the helicopter landed in a nearby field.
Marble Falls Middle School hosted Marble Falls Police Department officer David Amidon, who spoke to 7th and 8th graders about the dangers of illegal drugs. He injected humor into his presentation as he showed slides full of information to 7th graders. While showing a photo of a scruffy fellow making artificial marijuana, he said: “I wouldn’t trust this guy to make me a sandwich, and here he is making something for people to smoke.”
MFMS also had a Plant the Promise campaign, in which students planted bulbs of iris and daffodils, which attempts to remind students about their promise to stay drug-free when they bloom in the Spring.
For more photos of Red Ribbon Week, see Friday's Highlander.
