JCS observes Red Ribbon Week in style

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Red Ribbon Week, observed every year Oct. 28-31, marks the end of October as Substance Abuse Awareness Month. At Jefferson County K-12 – A Community Partnership School (JCS), students and staff started the week with a theme of “Give drugs the boot.” Boots of various types could be seen around campus that Monday, reminding students through their footwear all day long of the dangers of drug abuse. On Tuesday everyone was encouraged to wear sunglasses to communicate the message to “Shade out drugs.” Wednesday was a silly sock day, a fun way to motivate students to “Sock out drugs.” By choosing red clothing for Thursday, students showed their c