Students celebrate Red Ribbon Week
The annual Red Ribbon Week kicked off during Middle School assembly on Oct. 23. Middle Schoolers have been learning about the impact of adolescent drug and alcohol use as part of the nation’s most extensive and longest-running drug-use prevention campaign.
“I think the program is getting better every year,” Lauren Logan said, a Middle School math teacher who proposed the program to St. Mark’s administrators when she first joined the faculty in 2021. “This year has been the most impactful due to real stories. St. Mark’s is so relational that the stories hit home for the boys. You could hear a pin drop.”
During the Middle School assembly on Monday, Nancy Logan, mother of Lauren Logan, candidly shared her painful story of losing her husband to a teenage drunk driver. Nancy is a prevention specialist for the San Dieguito Alliance for Drug Free Youth.
“One bad choice can cause generations of consequences,” Nancy told the assembly. “Think. Make the right choices.”
During the week, Marksmen received red awareness wristbands, signed pledges to stay alcohol and drug-free, watched educational videos and participated in group discussions facilitated by faculty.
“I learned a lot about drug abuse and how you should always just use your natural high, like playing sports, instead of a drug high,” Dhilan Saluja ’30 said. “I liked making a chart about natural highs because you think more about them, and it helps you develop more options.”
The program provides the opportunity to address challenging subjects most children will eventually face. Empowered through education and experience, many Marksmen felt better prepared.
“I know drug and alcohol pressure is going to happen at some point in my life, so once it happens, I know what to do,” Nathan Aurora ’30 said.
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“I think the program is getting better every year,” Lauren Logan said, a Middle School math teacher who proposed the program to St. Mark’s administrators when she first joined the faculty in 2021. “This year has been the most impactful due to real stories. St. Mark’s is so relational that the stories hit home for the boys. You could hear a pin drop.”
During the Middle School assembly on Monday, Nancy Logan, mother of Lauren Logan, candidly shared her painful story of losing her husband to a teenage drunk driver. Nancy is a prevention specialist for the San Dieguito Alliance for Drug Free Youth.
“One bad choice can cause generations of consequences,” Nancy told the assembly. “Think. Make the right choices.”
During the week, Marksmen received red awareness wristbands, signed pledges to stay alcohol and drug-free, watched educational videos and participated in group discussions facilitated by faculty.
“I learned a lot about drug abuse and how you should always just use your natural high, like playing sports, instead of a drug high,” Dhilan Saluja ’30 said. “I liked making a chart about natural highs because you think more about them, and it helps you develop more options.”
The program provides the opportunity to address challenging subjects most children will eventually face. Empowered through education and experience, many Marksmen felt better prepared.
“I know drug and alcohol pressure is going to happen at some point in my life, so once it happens, I know what to do,” Nathan Aurora ’30 said.
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214-346-8000
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St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
