September 18 – throughout the school year: Elementary and Middle School Life Skills Training
Glen Cove Youth Bureau After 3 Program
Offered via Zoom instruction, the Botvin LifeSkills Training Elementary School program is a comprehensive, dynamic and developmentally appropriate substance abuse and violence prevention program designed for upper elementary school students. This program has been proven to help increase self-esteem, develop healthy attitudes and improve their knowledge of essential life skills – all of which promote healthy and positive personal development.
The Botvin LifeSkills Training Middle School program is a substance abuse and violence prevention program proven to be the most effective evidence-based program used in schools today. LifeSkills Training is comprehensive, dynamic, and developmentally designed to promote positive youth development. In addition to helping kids resist drug, alcohol and tobacco use, the Middle School program also effectively supports the reduction of violence and other high risk behaviors.
Middle School Program: Tuesdays 4-5 p.m.
Elementary School Program: Connolly: Wednesdays 4-5 p.m. and Landing: Thursdays 5-6 p.m.
March 18-24: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
Links students with scientists and other experts to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, social media, TV, movies, music or friends. The week was launched in 2010 by scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Glen Cove High School students will participate via Mr. Gallo and Ms. Sullivan’s Health Education classes highlighting videos on destructive decision making, and strategies to avoid impulsive actions. In addition, throughout their classes this week pertinent and timely Drug and Alcohol Facts will be woven into the instructional curriculum, including current trends and information on the dangers of all Tobacco products especially the correlation and connection between marijuana and tobacco vaping provided by SAFE’s Community Partner and Technical Resource-Ms. Meschkow, Program Manager, Tobacco Action Coalition of LI (TAC).
Glen Cove Middle School and Glen Cove High School throughout the week.
March 26-May 14: Bilingual Parent Life Skills Training
Offered in Spanish and English, every Tuesday night 7–9 p.m. This parent program is designed to help parents strengthen communication with their children and prevent them from using drugs. It includes materials and exercises that help parents teach their children the skills that help them resist the threats of tobacco, drugs and violence. These tools help parents prepare their children for a successful transition from adolescence to early adulthood.
To register please call Life Skills Trainer Laurent Caballero at 516-671-7068.
April 1: Take Down Tobacco Day-National Kick Butts Day
A National Day of Awareness and activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. A Collaboration between SAFE, the Tobacco Action Coalition of LI and the Glen Cove Youth Bureau in celebration of the 25th Kick Butts Day will be raising awareness to the problems of tobacco use and to enlighten and empower youth to reject the tobacco industry’s deceptive marketing practices.
Glen Cove Middle and Elementary School After 3 Program
April 13: Shed Your Meds Drug Disposal Event
A collaboration between SAFE, the Mayor’s office, Glen Cove Police Department and EMS. The biannual “Shed Your Meds” drug reclamation program helps residents properly dispose of prescription medications and medic al supplies that are no long needed or have expired and is one of the many strategies used to tackle drug abuse in Glen Cove. The safe disposal of unused and expired drugs supports the need to eliminate the risk of these drugs getting into the hands of children.
10 a.m. -1 p.m. Glen Cove Police Department Parking Lot