Students At St. Richard School Lean All Year Long About Staying Drug-Free RACINE - St. Richard School normally boasts blue uniforms for its kindergarten through eighth-grade students. But on Nov. 1, the school was a sea of red - red sweatshirts, red polo shirts, red T-shirts and red jerseys. Red ribbons also abounded - all with drug prevention messages for national Red Ribbon Week, which St. Richard's highlighted with a big morning gathering on the playground. Students from all grades formed a giant human circle with a line through it, illustrating in their own way a "just say no" symbol. Three stories above, from the roof of the school, Principal Joe Majowski and Journal Times Director of Photography Mark Hertzberg photographed the event and preserved the students' message. [continues 314 words]
RACINE COUNTY -- Only five percent of Racine County's seventh through 12th graders have the recommended developmental assets to have a healthy and successful life and avoid risky behavior, according to a Search Institute survey of local youth. The Minneapolis-based Search Institute recommends that youth have 31 to 40 of their identified assets, which range from school engagement and honesty to adult role models and a caring school climate. Results from the 2006 survey indicate: Youth with 0-10 assets: 22 percent. [continues 650 words]
