POTD: Evening Flag

A wonderful shot by Rockville Central friend Kate Savage. Of it, she says: “I like flags too.”

We’re glad!

RMHS Implements 'Every 15 Minutes' Program

This from >Kate Savage, chair of the Every 15 Minutes effort for RMHS:

Richard Montgomery High School wants to extend the idea of education beyond the classroom and facilitate in creating learning experiences that are applicable to real life situations. The possible ramifications of drinking alcohol, unsafe driving, and the impact it has on our students, their friends, and families are unfathomable to most young teenagers.

On April 21, 2009 and April 22, 2009 Richard Montgomery High School will be implementing the “Every 15 Minutes” program here at our school. This two-day program focuses on high school juniors and seniors in challenging them to think about drinking, personal safety, driving habits and the responsibility of making mature decisions when lives are involved. The name of this nationally recognized program was conceived from the fact that every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies in an alcohol-related traffic collision. Since these programs began, those statistics have actually decreased proving the awareness helps in the prevention. With this program, we wish to involve as many organizations and members of our community as possible.

The first day of this event involves pre-selected students being sought out by the Grim Reaper as a teenage statistic to later represent someone who has died in an alcohol-related crash. A lunchtime event involves the re-creation of an auto accident as it would occur first hand. The City of Rockville has partnered with the school in assisting with this process for students to be able to recognize what would occur when losing one of their classmates.

The second day of this event is an assembly for the 11th and 12th graders. A video summary of day 1 is presented in addition to the student participation reflections. Guest speakers share personal experiences they have had with alcohol-related or unsafe driving incidents that have affected their lives forever. Since these events sometimes evoke emotional reactions from students the school has arranged for additional counseling services to be provided. We feel it is important to present the awareness of these issues to hopefully prevent future tragedies. Student participants, their parents, event volunteers and VIPs have a luncheon after the assembly.

POTD: See The Rainbow

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This hopeful shot (if you look closely you can see the rainbow) was submitted by Rockville Central friend Kate Savage. Of it, she says: “I love rainbows and Carver [education center] seems to be a good spot for them to appear. This was taken by my husband, Tom Sickles, around 7pm on Mannakee St.”

Thanks guys!

POTD: Munch!

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This photo is by Richard Montgomery High School PTSA president Kate Savage. Of it, she says: “This is the back side of the auditorium. The old building is finally coming down to make way for athletic fields!”

Want to submit a photo for consideration to be the Picture Of The Day at Rockville Central? Wonderful! Just email it to me. Rules: a) Must be taken in Rockville; b) Must be your own work; c) Must not be published or offered for publication elsewhere; d) Should be generally contemporary (try to keep them less than a month or two old).