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Saratoga
Partnership for
Prevention
Youth and Adults Working Together
for a
Safe and Healthy Community
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Date:
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November 13, 2009 |
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Facilitator: Executive
Board |
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Location: |
3 Blue Streak Blvd., 2nd floor, School District
Administrative Offices
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Recorder:
Becky Black |
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Attendees: |
Roseann
Jackling, Deb Lagoe, Kelley Bayer, David Torres, Sue Costanzo, Brenda Schin,
Robin Lyle, Mary Zlotnick, Cindy Dort, Judy Ekman, Michelle Smith, Kristin
Kesnowski, Liz Samenfeld-Specht, Jennifer Kelly, Becky Black. |
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Materials Distributed: |
New member packets |
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Overview |
Discussion |
Decisions/Actions
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News and
Announcements
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Youth Court Training on December 13
and 14 was a success, with 78 students signing up. It ran smoothly
with the K-9 Unit doing a presentation, a speaker from Wal-Mart speaking
about loss prevention, and a speaker from State Farm who spoke about teen
driver safety.
Peer Court training takes place this
Saturday, December 20, 2009.
Partnership Holiday meeting/party will be
December 10, 2009 at noon in the Admin Building of the High School.
There will be
an online gambling course pilot available in a couple of weeks. The
course is organized into three learning sessions: Making Cents of your
Money, Entertaining Risk vs. Excitement, and Just for the Health of It. To
sign up, please contact Becky
Black.Welcome
three new members: Jennifer Kelly, Brenda Schin, and Michelle Smith.
Saturday,
December 5th the Prevention Council is holding a fundraiser at
Borders on Broadway. Staff members along with high school students will be
wrapping gift purchases for a donation. Come out and shop AND get your
presents wrapped!!!
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Partnership
Updates
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The Parent University Summit
was successful, with an amazing pancake breakfast showdown thanks to Mike
Piccirillo and Rich De Martino. Thanks also to Brenda Quinn and Four Winds
for providing Panera Bread bagels, danishes, coffee, and juices.
The keynote speaker, Jay Rifenbary, was well received, along with leaders
for several other workshops, including Dr. DeMartino's workshop, Dr. Jeff
Daly's workshop, and Dr. Joyce Peabody's workshop, and sessions on Early
Childhood Development, Financial Literacy, Smartboards, and Career Planning.
There were 78 attendees, including 15 walk-ins.
Many new ideas were developed for possible up-and-coming Parent University
seminars. Check the school
district website for updated information on Parent University
programming.
Parenting Wisely
Information:
The
Parenting Wisely pilot program was successful, with 8-10 families
attending and all giving positive feedback. There have been other ideas
mentioned on how to draw families that could really benefit from a parenting
class. One idea was to work with courts to mandate parenting classes.
Another was to make classes more accessible to families via internet and
radio, piggy- backing on current events held at schools in order to save
parents' time, and uploading parenting sessions to the internet through
web-based classrooms like Empire State, and using blogs and chat rooms
to direct parents to podcasts and other resources.
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Committee
Updates
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Community Awareness:
This committee is working on many
projects, including getting public service announcements regarding underage
drinking into movie theaters; working with drug companies, pharmacies and
local law enforcement to provide prescription and drug drop-off locations;
and working with the athletic department on their code of conduct.
Youth Committee:
The Youth Committee is working on
recruitment for a Sticker Shock Campaign. They are also hoping to get
involved with other projects such as After Prom, promoting a fun and safe
alternative to after prom drinking parties.
Transition Committee:
No update available.
Parent Resource Committee:
This committee is working on sustaining Parent University programming and
putting together new workshops.
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Next Meeting
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Our next meeting will
be at noon on
December 10, 2009 at the school district
administration building.
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