Nancy Thompson spoke to the Life Skills class of the 6th grade to talk about Adolescent Substance Abuse Counseling Services or ASACS. Mrs. Fedder characterized it as the followup to the D.A.R.E. program. Students will become better prepared to recognize the effects of substance abuse and be equipped to help those caught in the addiction.
Archive for January, 2009
27 Jan
I Can See Clearly Now
Vision screenings are designed to check eyesight, or sharpness of vision.
Sharpness of vision or visual acuity is recorded as a fraction, e.g. 20/20. This means that a person can read a line of type standing 20 feet (or six meters) from an eye chart.
Vision screenings are done to separate those with and without possible vision [...]
24 Jan
Marching for Life
If you can’t make it to the 36th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, you can follow the action online as LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick, members of the LCMS Sanctity of Human Life Committee, LCMS Life Ministry staff members, and Lutherans from around the country join thousands of other pro-life supporters expected [...]
23 Jan
Kalihi Palama Health Center Shares Anti-Smoking Message
Kalihi Palama Health Center shared the facts about smoking with the middle school students at Trinity. Beginning with a pretest the students were preparing to hear the fact as shared in many creative ways. Through skits, newscasts, dramas and projected video and statistics the students learned about the dangers of smoking. After the presentation the [...]
20 Jan
Inaugurated
This is a big day in our country’s history. Our first black president, a former resident of Hawaii, Barack Obama is taking on the mantle of leadership over a country that is suffering in a recession and struggling to understand our role as a leader in this world. President Barak Obama was inaugurated this morning [...]
12 Jan
What star is this?
A star alerted three astronomers of the birth of a king (Matthew 2). It was spectacular enough that they began a journey to Jerusalem (and eventually Bethlehem) to seek out a newborn king. After stopping where they expected to find the king then instead found the star-told king in a simple house [...]
1 Jan
Blackout Doesn’t Darken Sea Life Excursion
Thrivent thanked its volunteers with a Sea Life Park excursion on December 27th. With tickets given out to 200 people, 130 were able to make it to the park despite the confusion of the blackout.
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