Author: Amanda Clark
Planning Unit: Fayette County CES
Major Program: Health
Plan of Work: Making healthy Lifestyle Choices and Citizen Education
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Health Rocks was implemented in Beaumont Middle School FCS class during the month of September. Middle Schoolers went through 8 hours of lessons about the dangers of smoking, drinking, and drug use. Stress and stress relief ideas were also implemented into the lessons. The students were given an evaluation at the beginning and end of the class. There were 50 students involved in the program from the evaluation- 48 students said they thought differently about drug, alcohol and tobaccos use, 50 students learned different ways to cope with their stress, and 40 students said they would use the information to help other friends or students.
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