JANUARY 2013
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St Patrick’s School Students Visit Riverview Manor 7 New St., Apalachin, N.Y.
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Students from St. Patrick's School in Owego on December 20 visited Riverview Manor in Owego to sing Christmas songs to the residents. Above - the students pose for a picture at Riverview. Right Second Grade students and their teacher, Amanda Reeves, stop to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" to one of the residents.
OFA YES! Leaders Complete Training
Owego Free Academy YES! LEADers (left to right) Avry Nelson, Audrey Woolever, Mikayla Weston and Jesse King work together on an activity designed to improve communication and problem solving skills as part of their YES! Launch Training. Twenty-five students from Owego Free Academy completed their training to become YES! LEADers. YES! LEADers are middle and high school students who teach elementary school students about skills they need to resist drugs and alcohol, the importance of
positive self-esteem in making safe choices and effectively handling peer pressure. The YES! Launch training program teaches YES! LEADers how to be role models for younger students through different team activities and educational sessions. Trained YES! LEADers are substance-free role models for younger students, who use their leadership skills to develop resistance skills in elementary school children through interactive activities and age appropriate entertainment. YES! Safe Choices for Kids, a partnership between Senator Libous and Lourdes Hospital, is now in its 24th year. For more information about YES! LEADS, please visit www.YesSafeChoices.org. Owego Free Academy YES! LEADers Tracy Orend (left) and Sara Wierbowski (right) were the winners of the Paper Tower activity, a problem solving activity aimed at developing critical thinking skills.