National Kick Butts Day

Top 4 tobacco facts that every educator should know 

1.  Tobacco and alcohol are the true gateway drugs because they are legal, easily accessible and not as scary to kids because of parental use and social acceptance.

 2.   Tobacco companies need replacements for their dying customers.

 3.   Tobacco products are colorful and offer candy flavors to market to high school students.

 4.   Tobacco related deaths kill more than HIV, illegal drugs, car accidents and firearms combined.

 

The Drug Prevention Team set up "Kick Butts Day" awareness displays at Grand Prairie and South Grand Prairie High.

GP counselor, Melissa Honstreiter and student, Marco Villareal illustrate how tobacco companies need replacements for their dying customers.

Hanging out the dirty laundry on the tobacco industry 

Anti-Bullying Pledges for Rachel Challenge at GPHS

 

Kick Butts Week Awareness Activities: Stay Tobacco-Free

Grades 9^th-12^th Lunchroom Awareness Activities

Tuesday-Tombstone Display-Dying to "Fit In"

Wednesday-Airing out Tobacco's Dirty Laundry

Thursday- #Not A Replacement Selfies

Friday- Pledge Cards and Pencils 

  #notareplacement            “Hang Tough Don’t Puff”

Counselors love our School Social Workers!!!!

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School Social Worker Week

GPISD has 8 School Social Workers: Ruth Amaro, Desiree Cohn, Julie Ellison, Malaina Hickey, Norma Garcia, Valerie Martin, Blanca McGee, and Will Wright.

Connections Coordinator: Sonia Ortega. 

Three Graduate Social Work Interns: Charles Gillum, Courtney Massicci and Lincy Sam. 

And the district also has employed licensed social workers in different capacities: Lacy Hensley, Sue Ann Rios, Esmeralda Rodriguez and Rebekah Swaim.

 

We salute all of you!

Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Scholarship Winners

             Shelby Harris • Adams

Shaira Waziullah • YWLA

 

Both students received a $2,500 college scholarship. They will be recognized at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Celebration to be held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 19 in Lone Star Auditorium at UTA.

 

This year the foundation received a record number of 234 scholarship applications from 123 schools.

Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Scholarship Winners

The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation is pleased to announce its 37 winners of a $2,500 college scholarship for the 2014/2015 school year.

In all, 142 schools located in 22 independent school districts and three charter schools were given the chance to submit two finalists each for consideration.  This year the foundation received a record number of 234 scholarship applications from 122 schools and one charter school.

The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation congratulates all the participants in this year’s scholarship competition. Every student that completed an application will receive a certificate of participation at their end-of-year 8^th grade awards assembly.

The 2014/2015 winners and remaining finalists will be recognized at the foundation’s annual Scholarship Celebration, to be held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 19^th in Lone Star Auditorium (Maverick Activities Center) on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington.

Scholarship Winners

Name, School, District
Shelby Harris, Adams Middle School, Grand Prairie ISD
Shaira Waziullah, YWLA , Grand Prairie ISD

Dana Jackson
Director of Counseling Services
Grand Prairie Independent School District