622 REAL High School Musical: Preparing 8th Graders for High School

Friday, March 19, 2010: 4:15 PM-5:30 PM
Convention Center: 203-204
AAHE/Implement Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: LaNaya Ritson, Retired, Salem, OR
Speakers: Dawn Graff-Haight, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR; and Janet Jones, Yamhill County Public Health Department, McMinnville, OR
Participants will have an opportunity to see how a live musical production was utilized to prepare incoming high school students for real health risks affecting teens. The project involved local high school students, college health education majors, and county community health partners. In addition to an overview of the program, including video clips from the production, participants will receive program planning guidelines and will have an opportunity to apply guidelines to their own settings.