Classroom Lessons

Facilitator: Julie Garner, School Counselor

Audience: All 7th & 8th grade students

Topics: Boundaries & Consent, Digital Footprints, Natural High, Drug Prevention, Suicide Prevention, Goal Setting, Service Projects, Human Trafficking, Dating Violence, and CCMR

NOAH Project Prevention Program for Middle Schools

Facilitators:  Employees of NOAH Project of Abilene

Audience:  Every student in Jim Ned Middle School

Duration:  8 sessions (1 day/month) in all Science classes

Topics:  Anger Management, Bullying, Healthy Relationships, Family Violence, Dating Violence, Safety Planning

Impact Youth Prevention Program

Facilitators: Employees of Serenity Foundation of Abilene

Audience:  Every 8th grade student at Jim Ned Middle School

Duration:  12 sessions (one day/week during one semester) in all Careers and Leadership classes

Goals:  Empower students to make healthy choices.  Equip students with truth and life skills.  Challenge the media’s influence.  Instruct and inform students about the effects of substance abuse.  Provide a safe, open, and interactive environment.  Encourage students to interact with their school faculty and their community.  Provide relevant up-to-date information and statistics.