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Ansonia
fifth and sixth grade students pose with Edison students following
their presentation on drug abuse.
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Edison State Community College
Edison Darke
County Campus students educate youngsters on drug abuse
DARKE COUNTY – “My students were not fidgeting… that’s a miracle!” said
Mrs. Janowiecki. Her students were Ansonia fifth graders and they were
focused because of the message… the consequences of drug abuse.
Seventeen students from the Edison State Community College Darke County
Campus headed out to three local school districts to talk to nearly 500
fifth and sixth graders about the dangers of such drugs as tobacco,
alcohol, marijuana, heroin… even common household items such as the
improper use of aerosols, prescription drugs and more. The Edison
students – armed with facts and personal stories – hoped they could
have an impact on the young lives they were addressing.
The team presentations were the Capstone projects of Edison’s
Fundamentals of Communication class. Students spent six weeks preparing
to take their message to Greenville South School sixth graders, and
Mississinawa Valley and Ansonia fifth and sixth graders.
Their grades for the project were influenced by the critiques of the
teachers at the school districts… almost exclusively 9 and 10 points
out of 10.
Mississinawa Valley teachers noted the presentations were “very age
appropriate” and the “personal experiences (shared) connected with the
audience… they knew their facts!”
South School sixth grade teacher Emily McIntyre also commented on the
personal stories, as well as the interaction with her students. “(This
was) good information for the students to know,” she added.
Ansonia teachers Mr. Riethman and Mrs. Blakeley noted the team got the
attention of their students. “A great message,” Riethman said. Blakeley
concurred… “I am sure it made a difference,” she added.
Ansonia Principal Krista Stump said the real strength of the
presentation to her students was the fact that the message was coming
from a team in which three of the four members were from Ansonia. “That
got their attention,” she added.
The Edison students, without exception, were pleased they’d done well
with their final presentations. “I hope it will make a difference for
some,” several said.
“The teachers also offered critiques in areas that needed improvement,”
Bob Robinson, Edison instructor, said. “Those critiques will be used to
help students in my future classes.”
He added he always asks his students a question when they’ve completed
the assignment. “During the first week of class would you have believed
that 15 weeks later you’d be talking to fifth and sixth graders about
drug abuse?” Their response was an emphatic “No!”
The Edison students were Emilee Morris, Alyssa Henderson, Maddi Schaar,
Brea Diceanu, Savannah Busch, Kate Young, Jona Hoover, Dustin Sendoza,
Tonya Alton, Marlee Hess, Rebecca Sypolt, Lindsey Didier, Addison
Griffith, John Fischer, Ashton Bradham, Brooke Neal, and Lacy Henninger.
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Mississinawa
Valley fifth and sixth grade students react to some of the stories
shared about abuse of drugs.
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Greenville South sixth grader Emma Tutwiler helps Edison students Kate
Young and
Dustin Sendoza make their points about the pitfalls of drug
abuse.
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