Monday, August 6, 2007
- Dondra Floresca
The Putnam City Public Schools Foundation would like to announce
Putnam City Challenge Day. Using highly interactive and energetic
activities with 100 high school students each day, Challenge Day leads
teens on a carefully designed exploration of the ways people separate
from each other, showing them how to interrupt the process and create
connection. The goal of Challenge Day is to increase personal power and
self-esteem, to shift dangerous peer pressure to positive peer support
and to eliminate the acceptability of teasing, bullying and all forms
of violence. The successes of Challenge Day have been documented in
newspaper and television stories across the nation and even on
“Oprah.” Also visit
www.challengeday.org for more information.
Two Challenge Day program leaders will facilitate a six-hour
program with 100 high school students and 25 adults. Putnam City High
School will host Challenge Day on August 27 and 28 and Putnam City West
High School will host on August 29 and 30. Pre-program activities will
begin in July and post-program activities will continue in the high
schools long after the event. At Putnam City High School 38.32% of
students qualify for Free/Reduced Priced Lunch and at Putnam City West
High School the number is 50.03%. Putnam City North has 21.2% students
who qualify for Free/Reduced Priced Lunch and they will host Challenge
Day two days in fall of 2008. The cost for the entire program is $12,000.
The Putnam City Public Schools Foundation is supporting the
district in its efforts to provide a safe environment where young
people can work together and learn to be good citizens. This project
will make a huge impact on our young people and teach them to connect
through powerful, often life-changing communication.
Sponsors of the project are:
Bank of the West, Center for Education Law, Chesapeake Energy, Coppermark Bank, Brian Dickey, Winston Lewis, Dr. Mark Privott, Dwight Thompson, United Engines, and Linda Whittington.
Join your fellow
community members and support this important project.