East Islip Recognizes Red Ribbon Week

Press release from East Islip School District:

Nov. 10, 2020

East Islip students across the district celebrated Red Ribbon Week from Oct. 26 to 30, focusing on making healthy choices, spreading kindness and being good citizens.

Special daily themes included wearing pajamas to show the importance of making good choices the second you wake up; showing off “crazy hair” to let everyone know to use your head to choose your words wisely, do the right thing and be kind; wearing “crazy socks” as a reminder that eating healthy foods is good for you from your head to your toes; wearing school colors to be proud members of a positive East Islip community; and wearing favorite Halloween colors or outfits while pledging to make good choices.

“It’s always great to join in on activities that promote the spirit of making good decisions and good citizenship,” said John F. Kennedy Elementary School Principal Deborah Smith.
In prior years, representatives from East Islip High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions club visited fifth grade classes at JFK and Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School to present for Red Ribbon Week. The high schoolers were not permitted to visit the elementary schools this year due to COVID-19, so the SADD Club shared a slide presentation with all the fifth grade teachers to show to their classes, which included a video on peer pressure, drug facts, a game and messages to remind students to stay away from drugs.

“As we work through the pandemic, we know that we must be creative and still do the important programs that we have always done and send the message that we usually send to the fifth graders in our district,” said SADD adviser Bridget Lopiccolo.

This press release was produced by East Islip School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.