[CCHS-2009] Alcohol Prevention Discussion

[Catherine Galligan]

The Concord Carlisle Parent Initiative & the Alliance for Teen Safety present:
Social Studies, Chemistry and Guidance
to prevent your kids from becoming History.
An Alcohol Prevention Discussion
Monday, April 10, 2006, 7:30-9:30 PM
CCHS Auditorium

CCHS Parents,
Did you know that your teen is more likely to begin drinking alcohol in 
10th grade than in any other year in school?  According to the 2004 
Youth   Risk Behavior Survey:
- 19.9% of 8th graders ;
- 20% of 9th graders;
- 38% of 10th graders;
- 43% of 11th graders;
- 50% of 12th graders
reported having a drink of alcohol on at least one occasion during the 30 
days prior to the survey.

If you find these statistics alarming, please learn the strategies parents 
can use to help your teen postpone alcohol use  and why this is so important!

- Renee Soulis, Senior Prevention Specialist from FCD Educational Services 
will present research about use and its effects on teenage brains, the 
sequence of initiation into and progression of use, the social and cultural 
pressures students are likely to face at CCHS and in college.

- Kathy Bowen, Concord Public Schools K-12 Health Curriculum Specialist 
will present the incidence of use in our towns as reported on the 2004 YRBS

- Barbara Howland, Director of the Alliance for Teen Safety will present 
some of the community initiatives currently in place and those planned for 
our towns to address use.

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