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It Doesn’t Have To Be You: Marion L. Steele High School
Start Talking!
Students
Awarded for Producing Winning Drug Prevention Videos
4/23/2017
Five students from Genoa Area High School in Ottawa County were
recognized on April 20 by representatives from Drug Free Action
Alliance, the Start Talking! program and Verizon for submitting the
winning video in the Start Recording/Start Talking statewide video
contest. The top three videos and the students who produced them were
announced and presented awards at the 6th annual “We Are The Majority”
rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.
More than 130 students from all over Ohio in grades 6-12 participated
in the Start Recording/Start Talking contest and created videos that
offer tips on how adults and other youth can have frequent and honest
conversations about substance abuse. The contest was made possible
through a grant from Verizon to Drug Free Action Alliance to engage
students in activities to promote drug prevention initiatives among
Ohio teens.
It Starts With A Question: Genoa Area High School
Genoa Area High School students Sky Marko, Emily Ankenbrandt, Adison
Leichty, Shyane Peacemaker and Megan Gould collaborated on the
production of the video titled “It Starts With A Question” to take
first place. The students will share a $2,500 college saving award with
College Advantage, Ohio’s 529 Savings Program.
It Doesn’t Have To Be You: Marion L. Steele High School
Two students from Marion L. Steele High School in Lorain County, Sydney
Wood and Madison Snodgrass, produced the second-place video titled “It
Doesn’t Have To Be You.” As runner-up, the students split a $1,500
college saving award.
Start Talking: Upper Sandusky High School
Delaney McQuown, a student at Upper Sandusky High School in Wyandot
County finished third and received a $1,000 college saving award for
producing a video titled “Start Talking.”
“As the primary goal of Start Talking is to help parents, caregivers,
teachers and students to start conversations with Ohio youth about the
dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, we were very pleased to see so many
students take the opportunity to display their talents and share how
they think are the best ways to get those conversations going,” said
Sarah Smith, Director of Start Talking.
Research shows when parents and children have conversations about
substance abuse, the children are up to 50 percent less likely to start
using drugs and alcohol. However, as scare tactics don’t work, the
students were tasked with creating videos that were creative, positive
and offer specific tips to help adults and youth to start those
conversations or demonstrate how an effective conversation could occur.
Drug Free Action Alliance offers parents, caregivers and educators
bi-monthly Know! tips to give them the tools, knowledge and confidence
to speak with youth about the dangers of substance abuse. DFAA works in
partnership with Ohio’s Start Talking program to build awareness among
adults and students throughout the state about the various resources
that are available to help start those critically important
conversations.
Learn how to get the drug prevention conversation started at
StartTalking.Ohio.Gov.
See the story and videos here
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