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Description of Program:
Discover is a program taught by volunteers (parents), and is designed to help our children stay drug free. Life skills are introduced, emphasized, and built upon from grade to grade. The lessons help create a safe and drug free school by focusing on three areas of prevention:
- building self-esteem,
- providing factual information about drugs and their risks, and
- instilling decision-making and relationship skills.
It is taught once a week for six weeks in the fall starting the week of Red Ribbon, usually the last week of October, and resumes again in the spring, usually after Spring break, and runs for another six weeks. Grades K-4 and 6th are taught the Discover program. Our 5th graders will be introduced to DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) taught by an officer of the Deerfield Police Department. The 7th grade now takes part in Snowflake. This is a day put aside for all 7th graders at Holy Cross, Bannockburn, and District #109 where they meet each other and listen to speakers in large group and discuss in small groups. Speakers deal with life issues.
Major Responsibilities:
- Inventory books and videos, report any needs to DFSC (replacement or new purchases)
- Recruit volunteers to teach Discover curriculum to students K through 6, excluding 5th grade
- Make arrangements for orientation meeting, along with DFSC, for Discover volunteers in October; attend and facilitate meeting
General Responsibilities:
- Attend all monthly PSA meetings prepared to report on your program or function.
- Keep track of all time spent fulfilling your duties.
- Know the budget of your program, and stay within that budget. Submit revenues and expenditures to the Treasurer on a timely basis.
- Vote on measures placed before the PSA General Membership.
- Maintain current records of your job duties and the materials important to your program.
- Transfer all records to your successor on a timely basis.
- As a norm, when volunteering during school hours, volunteers should not bring small children. Guidelines found in the Parent-Student Handbook under "Visitors" (pg. 15) apply.