At Litchfield Middle School
For Grade 7 - Students & Parents
Date TBD
The conference is held on a weekday, with two 55-minute sessions on a variety of topics, plus a keynote address and closing message. Project Safeguard for Litchfield is held at St. Anselm’s College in Manchester NH beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at approximately 1:25 p.m. In May 2010, about 250 participants attended including 140 grade 7 students. For additional information and the 2011 registration materials, click on the link below. Registation Materials for 2012 will be available as the event gets closer.
Registration Materials (PDF)
What is Project Safeguard?
Project Safeguard (Students And Family Education Guards Us Against Reliance on Drugs) is a "family-based" preventive education program that was founded at James Mastricola Middle School in 1988 by classroom teacher Warren Berry and principal Thomas Levesque. The project brings Litchfield seventh grade students and their parents together at an off-school site for an all-day conference. Parents and students plan their day together by pre-selecting workshops designated for parents only, students only, or parents and students together. Parents have an opportunity to spend a day with their child in an environment designed to promote better communication skills and healthy lifestyles. Workshops cover a variety of topics such as:
- Parenting skills
- Communication skills
- Self-esteem
- Peer pressure
- Nutrition
- Stress reduction
- Healthy relationships
- AIDS prevention
- Tobacco, alcohol, drugs
- Decision-making skills
Project Safeguard is a nationally validated drug prevention education model that has been implemented in over 25 New Hampshire schools. It offers a unique opportunity for students and parents to come together at a time when adolescents are moving away from their protection of their parent's constant supervision. The project seeks to highlight the importance of the family unit in addressing the choices and decisions our youth make during their teen years. Emphasis is placed on the rising use of drugs among teens.
Program Goals
- Provide an environment for high-impact parent-student interaction
- Improve parent/student communication skills
- Strengthen the self-esteem of parents/students
- Provide an opportunity for parent/parent contact
- Foster Community awareness and commitment to family education issues
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