SADD Chapter Ideas
Students Against Destructive Decisions is a national organization dedicated to keeping students safe. With nearly 10,000 middle school, high school and college chapters nationwide, SADD advises students on how to avoid bad decisions, from underage drinking to dangerous driving to school violence. If you're involved in a SADD chapter, there are a variety of activities that you can do to promote the organization's mission and increase student safety on your campus.
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Monthly School Campaigns
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SADD chapters participate in a number of awareness campaigns throughout the year. For example, February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, April is Alcohol Awareness Month and November is Wipe Out Smoking Month. SADD chapters can create bulletin boards in schools that inform students about these monthly campaigns. The bulletin boards can provide statistics about how many students are impacted by teen dating violence, for example, and offer ways to avoid and report incidences of teen dating violence.
Assembly
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An assembly is an effective way for SADD chapters to get their message across to all students. For example, many SADD chapters focus on prom safety in the month preceding the high school prom. This assembly can touch on a number of topics, from avoiding underage drinking and drinking and driving to signing a prom promise, where students pledge to stay sober. The SADD chapter can bring in a guest speaker, such as someone affected by drunken driver, to provide a real-life example for students.
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Student Q&A
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Interaction between SADD chapters can be a useful activity that benefits both chapters. For example, a high school chapter can reach out to a local middle school chapter to host a student question-and-answer session. Here, middle schoolers can ask the high school students questions about high school. This activity might help ease their fears about high school. The older students can offer suggestions on ways to avoid peer pressure and destructive decisions, as well.
Driver's Safety
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One of SADD's goals is to promote safe driving among teenagers. A SADD chapter can set up a driving course in the school parking lot, which can test students' driving abilities and show them how things like drinking alcohol, texting or talking on a cell phone can distract them and reduce their safety on the road. This hands-on experience can encourage students to focus on the road and drive safely, which helps to uphold one of SADD's goals.
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