Letter: Thanks to Foundation for Alcohol Education

HAMILTON-WENHAM, MA – This is a letter to the editor from Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Wellness Coordinator Prudence Pilkanis. To submit your own letter, email hamilton-wenham@patch.com.

To whom it may concern: February 2, 2017

On behalf of the students and staff at the Miles River Middle School I would like to thank the the Foundation for Alcohol Education, Hamilton MA for funding the performance today of the Improbable Players. "The Foundation supports small grant requests that encourage, promote and impart by education, a knowledge of the effects of alcoholic beverages in adolescence, and encourages drug and alcohol abstinence."

The Improbable Players is a professional performance troupe, which presents educational theater for substance abuse prevention. Their Mission Statement is: "Improbable Players educate the public about substance abuse prevention through performances and theater workshops - presented by actors who themselves are in long-term recovery - that help people."

This performance directly connects with the Middle School alcohol and substance abuse units taught in Ms. Danielle Petrucci’s health classes as well as the transfer goal for students to independently use their learning to take personal responsibility for making healthy choices which are physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually balanced.

Thank you again to the Foundation for Alcohol Education for supporting the students at Miles River Middle School and providing students with learning opportunities beyond the walls of the building which enables them to apply their decision-makings skills to real-life situations.

Prudence Pilkanis
6-12 Wellness Curriculum Coordinator
Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District
@hwrsd_wellness
p.pilkanis@hwschools.net

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