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R-H Students Receive YADAPP Grant

   Written by on September 8, 2016 at 9:33 am

yadappPictured are advisor Karen Osborne, JaKya Pettus, Katia Taylor and Chante Elam.

Charlotte Court House – Congratulations to the Randolph-Henry High School BLOG Club for winning the YADAPP (Youth Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention Project) 2016 Mini Grant at Longwood.  The team consisted of Chante Elam, JaKya Pettus, and Katia Taylor.  These young ladies felt the need to write a STAN Plan to keep teenagers from drinking at adult parties.  They plan to have dances and rap battles off campus on the weekends once a month at a central location to encourage and engage teenagers to hang out and have clean fun.  With the funds from the social gatherings they wish to purchase or receive a building to hold local meetings for teenagers and parents to attend to discuss issues and concerns.  Now that they have won the grant, the students must follow through with their plans and submit a final report along with pictures to be eligible to win the Wheeler Award in 2017.

 There were approximately 85 schools represented from across Virginia.  A total of twenty-six schools won a grant this year.  Ms. Osborne is grateful for Mr. Tommy Jones and the Charlotte County Sheriff Department for sending a group and Principal Robbie Mason for sending two groups this year to represent Randolph-Henry High. She is proud of the performances of all of the groups that attended the conference.

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