Letter: Substance Abuse Educator Visits Hamilton-Wenham High School

This post is a letter to the editor thanking the speakers from New Beginnings.

On behalf of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Wellness Department and grade 10 students I want to thank the Friends of MRMS/HWHS for their support in providing a grant for our Teen Substance Abuse Education speakers from New Beginnings.

New Beginnings is a program "to promote awareness and acceptance of alcoholism and other dependencies as a health issue of grave concern to everyone, with major ramifications to the welfare of the community." William (Bill) Phillips, President and Founder of New Beginnings, met students in small groups to discuss the most current issues students deal with every day as well as strategies and approaches to encourage students to make responsible decisions. Along with Bill, four additional speakers, shared with students their personal battles with substance addiction, the consequences of their decisions, and the effects of those decisions on themselves and their families.

Thank you again to the Friends of MRMS/HWHS for the grant which provided students with learning opportunities beyond the walls of the building and enables them to apply their decision-makings skills to real-life situations.

- Prudence Pilkanis
6-12 Wellness Curriculum Coordinator
Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District

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