Kiki's Red Ribbon School Celebration 2024 Registration is Opens October 1st!

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About the Celebration:

Every year, as National Red Ribbon Week unfolds between October 23-31, we pay tribute to the legacy of DEA Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. His sacrifice and dedication serve as a continuous source of inspiration in our relentless fight against drug misuse. The eternal torch, a symbol associated with Kiki, lights our path as we work towards a brighter, drug-free future for our children. We hold firm to our motto, "Never Forget Kiki," as a testament to his enduring impact and as a rallying cry in our collective mission.

This year, the Seymore D'Fair Foundation and the Louisiana Parent and Teachers Association Educational joined forces to present the Kiki's Red Ribbon School Celebration, a program designed to empower elementary and middle school students from K-6th grade.

Program Summary

Theme: "I'm Better Drug-Free!"

Our theme for the year, "I'm Better Drug-Free!" resonates with the essence of self-worth, the importance of individual choices, and the value of a drug-free life. It's a compelling call to action, prompting students to recognize their inherent worth and the myriad opportunities that come with a drug-free existence

Program Overview:

Crafted by a team of certified early childhood educators, this program seamlessly melds into the school curriculum. Each grade-specific package is comprehensive, featuring:

  • Teachers' guides

  • Detailed daily lesson plans

  • Comprehensive material lists

  • Vocabulary lists

  • Engaging activity sheets

  • Insightful student assessments

With the social-emotional learning (SEL) framework at its core, the program's five 50-minute daily lessons are sculpted to arm students with knowledge and the essential tools to tread life with resilience, empathy, and keen self-awareness.

Accessing the Program:

In our quest to reach as many young minds as possible with this vital message, Kiki's Red Ribbon School Celebration is freely accessible to all elementary and middle schools. Facilitated by the Seymore D'Fair Foundation, accessing the program is effortless. Straightforward registration is all that's required. Post-registration, the grade-tailored program package can be downloaded beginning October 1st. 2023.

Join Us:

As we journey through the theme, "I'm Better Drug-Free!", we warmly invite educators, parents, and communities to collaborate with us in this significant movement. Together, fortified by the legacy of Kiki Camarena and fueled by our shared vision, let's sculpt an environment where our children are educated about the perils of drug misuse and are simultaneously encouraged to revel in the limitless prospects of a drug-free life.

Frequently Asked Questions

Written Curriculum Development

  • Key Concepts: The curriculum focuses on health education, self-awareness, and the prevention of drug use. It includes understanding the body, making healthy choices, and the effects of drugs on the brain.

  • Key Skills: The skills addressed include critical thinking, decision-making, and the ability to analyze the impact of drugs on personal health and well-being.

  • Priority Standards: The curriculum emphasizes health standards, including knowledge of body systems, the harmful effects of drugs, and skills for making healthy choices.

  • Unpacking Standards: Team Seymore has worked on understanding and interpreting the standards to create detailed lesson plans and activities that align with them.

  • Soft Skills: Students need skills like self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication, and decision-making. These will be taught through interactive lessons, group discussions, and reflective exercises.

How is the Taught Curriculum?

  • 4 Cs Implementation: Critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity will be implemented through group activities, discussions, problem-solving tasks, and creative projects, encouraging students to think critically about health-related topics.

  • Technology Use: Technology will support teaching and learning through interactive media, online resources, and digital platforms that facilitate research, collaboration, and presentation of information.

  • Compliance vs. Contribution: The balance between following the prescribed curriculum (compliance) and allowing for student input (contribution) varies, with opportunities for student-led discussions and activities.

  • Student-led Lessons: The curriculum includes teacher- and student-led components, promoting active participation and personalized learning experiences.

  • Personalized Learning: The curriculum offers multiple options for personalized learning, including differentiated tasks, project choice, and adaptive learning paths.

  • Lessons incorporate Accountable Talk and student-led questions to deepen understanding through structured dialogue and critical thinking.

Assessed Curriculum

  • Student understanding will be measured through formative and summative assessments, including quizzes, projects, and presentations.

  • Authentic Tasks: Students will engage in real-world tasks that apply their learning in meaningful contexts, emphasizing the practical application of knowledge.

  • Formative Assessment: Formative assessments are integral for gauging the effectiveness of the written and taught curricula and understanding student progress.

  • Plan for Non-Learning Students: The curriculum includes strategies for intervention and support for students who struggle to meet learning objectives.

Learning Space

  • The learning space is designed to support key important skills, concepts, and soft skills with an environment conducive to active learning and engagement.

Alignment

  • Teachers have opportunities to provide ongoing feedback on the curriculum directly to the Seymore D’Fair Foundation via its website, contributing to its development and refinement.

Education Standards Alignment

Kiki’s Red Ribbon School Celebration 2024

"Kiki's Red Ribbon School Celebration" is an annual drug awareness and prevention program created by the Seymore D'Fair Foundation in 2018 that coincides with the national Red Ribbon Week Campaign. The Program provides a 5-day drug prevention activity package to elementary and middle schools across Louisiana to engage schools and communities in drug prevention efforts. Since its inception, over 10,000 students in elementary and middle schools have received classroom instruction during the beta test and pilot program in St. Tammany, Lafayette, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes.

The Program includes a complete package of teaching components, including lesson plans, daily activity sheets, pre/post-student assessments, and teacher guides. Designed by Seymore's Education Team, the Program provides schools with a structured micro curriculum that meets all Louisiana curriculum standards.

Integrating Drug Prevention within the Social-Emotional Learning Framework: A Detailed Proficiency Evaluation of Kiki's Red Ribbon School Celebration 2023 Curriculum

2023 Program Overview

The 2023 Red Ribbon Week program is free to all elementary schools (K-3) and middle schools (4-6). Designed by Seymore’s Team of certified early childhood educators, the program is a structured micro drug prevention curriculum that meets state and national education curriculum standards. It provides each school with a 5-day Drug Awareness and Prevention activity package.

The theme for 2023 is “I’m Better Drug-Free!” Beginning October 1, 2023, individual schools can register online to access a free copy of the 2023 program. This program guide download provides participating schools with a complete turnkey Red Ribbon Week Program. Components include lesson plans, daily activity worksheets, design-create-build program components, music, daily announcements, and student assessments.

Program Elements

    1. The curriculum created by Seymore's Foundation introduces drug awareness and prevention messages into the everyday school curriculum through a process by which teachers in various subject areas present drug prevention lessons using skills and information appropriate to their specific subjects. Integrating the drug prevention message into different subject areas has several purposes:
      Information is more likely to have an effect if presented differently within various subjects than in one class, i.e., health & P.E. class.

    2. Integration across the curriculum reinforces the acquisition of specific academic skills. The curriculum model integrates drug awareness and prevention lessons into six subjects;

    a. Health & Physical Education

    b. Language Arts

    c. Science

    d. Social Studies

    e. Art & Music

  • SEL is the vital framework through which people of all ages acquire skills in working towards their own unique goals, comprehending, and managing their emotions, nurturing positive relationships, making informed choices, and feeling and exhibiting empathy. Learning SEL provides students and young people with the abilities required to succeed in life within their school and beyond. There are five main S.E.L. areas:

    1. Self-awareness: Maintaining self-awareness is a cornerstone of social-emotional learning, allowing students to understand better how positive actions lead to an improved self-image.

    2. Self-management: As social-emotional skills grow, children and young adults begin to understand the importance of self-management, especially as it pertains to intrinsic motivation, emotional management, and setting personal goals.

    3. Social awareness:  Centering around the golden rule of treating others as you would like to be treated, social-emotional learning encourages social awareness on an individual level with personal relationships and a broader scope of diverse perspectives.

    4. Relationship skills: SEL skills empower students to develop relationships by providing strategies for conflict resolution and teaching that an awareness of the other person's needs is integral to building positive relationships.

    5. Responsible decision-making: Students are taught that making certain decisions can impact them in every facet of their lives (social, emotional, physical, and intellectual), and how to make positive decisions for growth and change.

  • Kiki’s Red Ribbon School Celebration program and curriculum provide elementary and middle schools with a launching point when introducing a drug education curriculum. Certified early childhood educators have designed it, providing schools with the structure for ongoing drug awareness and prevention efforts in the classroom.

    This curriculum intends to offer an adaptable framework that can accommodate a variety of awareness and prevention approaches and techniques. It provides a powerful continuing reinforcement needed in the drug, alcohol, and tobacco awareness and prevention message. Integrating the information throughout the curriculum enables the Program to be implemented seamlessly without disrupting the existing curriculum.

    The Program also complies with Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:154 & 17:404, which mandate that all state elementary and middle schools provide annual drug prevention instruction.

    1. Seymore Heroes Day: Honoring those Committed to Drug-Free Lifestyles. This 50-minute classroom session introduces students to Kiki Camarena via his biography, legacy, and connection to Red Ribbon Week. Students learn about Kiki's induction into Seymore's Hall of Heroes.

    2. Seymore Goes to the Capital: Promoting Drug Awareness. This 50-minute classroom session focuses on how Seymore's new "Louisiana is Better with ME 100% Drug-Free" license plate became law.

    3. Seymore Talks Drugs: Crazy Color Day about Medicines & Drugs. This 50-minute classroom session introduces the basic premise of medicines and drugs via drug fact sheets that categorize 14 specific drugs into good, bad, & dangerous drugs.

    4. Seymore Selfie's Day: "It's All About Me!" This 50-minute classroom session focuses on self-esteem and involves goal setting and identifying personal strengths, such as "Who are you?" and "What are you good at?" or "positive things about yourself."

    5. Seymore's All-Stars Day: "Assembly of the Red Ribbon Week Stars." Individual classes participate in a school-wide Seymore's Scavenger Hunt Substance Awareness and School Assembly to recognize lessons learned during the week.

      PTA’s can participate in the "Louisiana Is Better with ME 100% Drug-Free!" swag program to reinforce the drug awareness and prevention message. Proceeds from selling "drug-free" themed merchandise will help support the school's continuing drug prevention efforts and promote a "drug-free" message year-round. The entire Program is delivered to participating schools electronically via Seymore's technology platform, making participation hassle-free.

2024 Program Resource Links

Seymore’s Foundation Faculty & School Feedback Form:

  1. COMING OCTOBER 1ST. 2024