Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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ST R S Students Teaching 7 hey thought J we were f special, said senior Julie Belasco, one of 41 local STARS who visited seven elementaries, Oct. 23-29. The RHS Students Teaching About the Risk of Smoking taught groups of six to eight fifth graders about the risk of smoking and how to quit. The seminar helped me learn things l didn't know, said senior Elizabeth Reedy. Puzzles and games helped the STARS students relay the knowledge they learned from David Waggnon in a three-day seminar. They really enjoyed it, said senior Michelle Kaihani. The elementary students wanted to learn, according to Kaihani. Watching them open up was the most rewarding part of the program, concluded Belasco, who has been in STARS for three years. - Dee Anna Ruskin f Ebony Engram 141 Student Life Senior Lee Jordan acts as a big brother to a local fifth grader in the STARS pro- gram. Some of the comments made by the elementary students surprised the RHSers. QGekierej STARS representative Carla Werden discusses a worksheet on the hazards of smoking. tGekiereJ Sammie Smith, a member of the STARS program, talked to fifth graders at Heights Elementary about the dangers of smoking. fGekiereJ

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During schedule pick-ups, sophomore Randy Tolbert writes down information for his library card. QMulveyj if Sophomore Laura Clark receives infor- mation about Woods and Waters during Sophomore Orientation. Kiekierej Assistant principal Robert Todd helps sophomore Brenda McCoy arrange her schedule before the first day of school, CMuIveyj Student Life! 13

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About the Risk advice for Kids 7? ' 1 -K T .4 1 . ii . . sf , iiii if -L53 fgig- i . k i j j x L , h .. X ,K 18 S . ii'it -2 fi I -k : -f 1' 'x,' -,ts .Q if .yrs ' Kim Dudley discusses the RS program with a student from r Elementary School. fMcNemej Mm impact on elemen- influenced you in 'Yes, because they see that older people don't have to smoke to have fun and they will be respected more for saying 'lNlO'! The people who influ- enced me most were my parents who told me the rules and the harmful effects. - junior Wendy Weber The STARS Program is beneficial l've never been influenced by kids older than me about smoking and drink- ing, but l wish some of my friends had participated in STARS when they were in elementary school. - sophomore Sandy Hayman l think STARS is a great pro- gram because the elementary age students really look up to the older kids. My parents were the ones who influenced me. - junior Carol Denton l hope so. STARS seemed to really help some kids. But then, other kids just blew it off. l've been influenced otherwise. - junior Joel Walker Yes, it has a lasting impres- sion on the kids because they look up to high school students and listen to what they have to say. l have never been influ- enced by someone else about the problems of drugs. l just am never around them enough for them to tempt me. - senior Kyle Redfern I feel it got the kids to open up and talk about their problems at home and realize how bad the things were that their older brothers and sisters were doing l just don't like being associated with stuff so bad for my body. l don't want to use something that will shorten my life. - senior Lee Jordan Student Life! 15