10.23.06
“A” Week Red Ribbon Week!
Report Cards go home with each Tiger!
Science Fest Title Page due!
10.24.06
Cheerleading Clinic 6:00—9:00 PM a@ Swift Creek Middle School
10.25.06
Payment for individual pictures DUE!!!
Flag Football CHAMP Day @ Tom Brown Park! Go, Tigers!
10.26.06
GBB v Raa 6:00 PM in the Tiger’s Den ($2.00)
10.27.06
Individual Picture Retake Day! Smile, Tigers! :)
10.30.06
“E” Week PTO Booster Drive continues! We are counting on YOU!
BSOC v Fort Braden 5:30 PM @ Messer Park
GBB v Belle Vue 6:00 PM at Belle Vue ($2.00)
10.31.06
Halloween! No costumes, face painting, masks, etc. allowed!
ALL CANDY WILL BE CONFISCATED! KEEP CANDY AT HOME!
11.01.06
GBB v Ft. Braden 6:00 PM in the Tiger’s Den ($2.00)
11.02.06
BSOC v Deerlake Middle School 7:00 PM @ Messer Park
11.03.06
Seminole Book Challenge continues! Plan to read during the weekend!
Tigers Take Note!
All Tigers are expected to read 30 minutes per day!
Our PTO Booster Drive continues! We need your help, Tigers!
Don’t forget Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 2:00
AM! Fall back, Tigers!
Parents—we need volunteers for our Kids Voting Booth! Please call Mrs.
Jones at 488.4200 to
volunteer for service on November 7, 2006!
Monday (10.23.06)
The Tigers are too cool to do drugs! (Wear shades)
Tuesday (10.24.06)
The Tigers are too busy with sports to do drugs (Wear favorite team jersey)
Wednesday (10.25.06)
Hats off to “Saying No to Drugs” !(Wear your favorite hat)
This is a fund-raiser and student must purchase a hat stamp in order to
wear a hat! Hat stickers can be purchased before school ONLY for $1.00
each in front of the Guidance Office. Hats can only be worn in the halls
unless you have the teacher’s permission.
Thursday (10.26.06)
The Tigers have no time to do drugs! (Wear your favorite watch and/or blue
& white)
Friday (10.27.06)
Tigers wear RED against drugs! (Wear RED to show you choose to be drug
free)
Monday (10.30.06)
The Tigers will “Sock it to Drugs”! (Wear crazy socks)
Tuesday (10.31.06)
Living Drug Free is no sweat in Tigerland! (Wear sweat suits or
sweatshirts)
Red Ribbon Week History—How Did This All Begin?
Enrique "Kiki" Camarena grew up in a dirt-floored house with hopes and
dreams of making a difference. Camarena worked his way through college,
served in the Marines and became a police officer. When he decided to join
the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), his mother tried to talk
him out it. "I can't not do this," he told her. "I'm only one person, but
I want to make a difference."
The DEA sent Camarena to work undercover in Mexico investigating a major
drug cartel believed to include officers in the Mexican army, police and
government. On Feb. 7, 1985, the 37-year-old Camarena left his office to
meet his wife for lunch. Five men appeared at the agent's side and shoved
him in a car. One month later, Camarena's body was found in a shallow
grave. He had been tortured to death.
In honor of Camarena's memory and his battle against illegal drugs,
friends and neighbors began to wear red badges of satin. Parents, sick of
the destruction of alcohol and other drugs, had begun forming coalitions.
Some of these new coalitions took Camarena as their model and embraced his
belief that one person can make a difference. These coalitions also
adopted the symbol of Camarena's memory, the red ribbon.
The National Family Partnership organized the first Nationwide Red Ribbon
Campaign in 1988. Since that time, the campaign has reached millions of
U.S. students. In 1997, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
began committing resources to ensure the continuation of the Red Ribbon
Campaign in Texas, as well as the hopes and beliefs behind this grassroots
effort to protect children from the dangers of alcohol and other drugs.
GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAKES THE PLEDGE TO STAY DRUG FREE AND PROUD!
FAMU Student Day 2006!
WHO:FAMU v Hampton Univ.
11.11.06
6:00 PM @ Bragg Stadium
Tickets: $7.00
Deadline: Friday, October 27, 2006 @ 9:00 AM
CASH ONLY
Contact:Mrs. Coffee
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