ADAP YLC 2017/2018

By ADAP | Published: August 28, 2017

ADAP YLC

The Youth Leadership Council provides Weston students with a safe environment to discuss the challenges they face in high school. And to learn about the risks associated with substance abuse. In addition, YLC members may mentor younger students, become peer leaders, and help with ADAP’s awareness programs in the Weston schools and in the community.

YLC is comprised of 25-40 Weston students in 9 – 12th grades. Tim Walsh is the director and facilitator for the Youth Leadership Council.  The group meets monthly-October through May-on the first Monday of the month from 7–9 PM in the Community Room at the Weston Public Library. Since we meet only once a month it is important that members attend each meeting.

To become a YLC member, please submit the 2017 application and the $75 membership fee (check made out to ADAP of Weston) to

ADAP of Weston, PO Box 1241, Weston, CT 06883

Your application must be received by November 6, 2017.

There will be a parents’ meeting on November 6.  Tim Walsh will present the program and expectations.  Even parents who attended this meeting last year are asked to attend this year. 

The meeting will be in the Community Room of the Library at 6pm (right before the YLC meeting).

For more information and to apply please download the 2017 YLC Application and 2017 YLC Invite letter.

2017 YLC Application

2017 YLC Invite

ADAP sponsers Michael Fowlin as Spring Speaker at Weston High School

By ADAP | Published: April 24, 2017

“Your pain is your gift,” actor and psychologist Michael Fowlin told Weston High School students recently.

“I would say in this community you’re told not to acknowledge your pain,” Fowlin said. “Most of you here wear a mask.”

Fowlin spoke to the students on April 7 in a talk sponsored by the Alcohol Drug and Awareness Program (ADAP) through a grant from the Mid-Fairfield Substance Abuse Coalition. The coalition has designated ADAP of Weston, a non-profit, as its Local Prevention Council.

For more please checkout the Weston Forum article: Michael Fowlin Spring Speaker at WHS

2016 EVERGREEN BALL : December 3rd Contract & Letter Below

By ADAP | Published: October 13, 2016

Attention all 9th and 10th Graders:

Please join us to celebrate
Evergreen Ball 2016
on Saturday, December 3, 2016
from 8pm – 11 pm
at St. Francis Church
Sweet and savory treats will be served.
Groups welcomed.  Dates not required.
CHAPERONES STILL NEEDED
Please address questions to the Evergreen Co-Chairs:
Jennifer Socha and Kristana Esslinger
Click Here for =>evergreen-letter-2016
Click Here for => evergreen-contract-2016

ADAP YLC 2016/2017

By ADAP | Published: September 26, 2016

ADAP YLC Meetings for 2016/2017

ADAP YLC PARENT MEETING:
November 7, 2016 6pm Weston Town Hall

ADAP YLC meets:
(First Monday of each month at the Weston Public Library from 7-9PM):

Meeting dates are:
Oct. 10, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1, June 5 (possible make-up or end of year party depending on school calendar).

2016-ylc-application 2016-ylc-invite

ADAP Presents Nile Rodgers to Weston High School Students

By ADAP | Published: April 23, 2016

The one thing I loved more than doing drugs or getting high was creating music, music legend Nile Rodgers tells 800 students at Weston High School in CT.
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Check out the full article (April 22, 2016) Weston Forum:
TheWestonForum/ADAP Presents Nile Rodgers to Weston High School

ADAP Sponsors Red Ribbon Week at Weston High School

By ADAP | Published: October 28, 2015

Student representatives held a kick-off celebration of Red Ribbon Week at Weston High school as part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.  2015 Red Ribbon week is Oct 23-31.

ADAP Senior Leadership Awards

By ADAP | Published: July 3, 2015

Alex Brostoff and Alex Sydney received ADAPS’s Leadership Award in May 2015 at Weston High School’s Senior Award Assembly

The recipients of the ADAP Leadership Award were recognized as leaders of ADAP’s peer education program, the Youth Leadership Council (YLC), for their work as student members of the ADAP Board, and for their contribution to ADAP’s awareness and education programs.

ADAP YLC SENIOR AWARDS

Do You Have Children Going To College? Save the Date March 18 for HAZE and discussion with Michelle Albright, PhD, Director of Weston Youth Services

By ADAP | Published: February 27, 2015

hazeSave the date on March 18, 2015 to see HAZE, a powerful documentary, at the Weston Public Library at 7 pm.
Afterwards, join Michelle Albright, PhD, Director of Weston Youth Services. Michelle will facilitate a discussion after the film.

This program is a must see for ALL parents and their children who are Juniors and Seniors.

What’s it about: In September, 2004, pledge Gordie Bailey died from alcohol poisoning after passing out on a couch in his fraternity house following a hazing initiation. HAZE, which has been shown in hundreds of high schools, tells Gordies story and connects the dots between college drinking and hazing.

This film has been purchased by ADAP from money raised from its spring fundraiser, “Rides for Lives,” which was sponsored by ADAP, Safe Rides and WHS Student Government.

 

ADAP, Weston Youth Services, WHS PTO, and the Weston Public Library are co-sponsoring the event.

ADAP Raises Awareness about Alcohol and Drug Abuse during Red Ribbon Week

By ADAP | Published: November 5, 2014

The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP) of Weston kicked off Red Ribbon Week on October 27 to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. ADAP youth group members greeted fellow students and provided breakfast. They also handed out red bracelets saying, Love Yourself, Be Drug Free.

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Marijuana and Drug Use is Up Among Weston’s Teens

By ADAP | Published: April 29, 2014

As reported in The Weston Forum (March 2014) alcohol and marijuana use has risen among Weston teens, while cigarette and other illicit drug use has decreased.

The survey  was sponsored by Positive Directions The Center for Prevention & Recovery, the Weston school board, Weston public schools, Weston Department of Youth Services, and the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP) of Weston. Its content was derived from the Connecticut Governors Prevention Initiative for Youth.

The surveys purpose was to learn about attitudes, behaviors, and the prevalence of the use of substances such as tobacco, alcohol, and prescription and illicit drugs.

For more detailed information please visit the article at The Weston Forum:

http://www.thewestonforum.com/17276/marijuana-alcohol-usage-is-up-with-weston-teens/

 

ADAP’s Board sent in this reply to the Weston Forum:

Letter to the Editor. April 7

With a recent survey showing increased use of marijuana and alcohol among older teens in Weston, we want parents to know about an important resource available to help students cope with peer pressure and other issues, including drug and alcohol use. Westons Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program runs a youth group, in which students in grades 9 through 12 meet once a month with a trained youth coordinator.

Here’s what one parent had to say about it in a note to the ADAP board: By involving teens seriously in difficult discussions, ADAP’s able to cut through a lot of the cynicism and mistrust kids often have for the advice adults give them, said Francis Phillips, whose daughter is a member of Westons Youth Leadership Council, ADAPs youth group.

Andrew Katz, who is now a college freshman and a former co-president of ADAP, wrote this about his experience: Exchanging viewpoints with the group has strongly impacted the choices I have made in the pressure-filled world that is high school. We are not an abstinence group; however, we do promote healthy choices.

for the full letter please visit: Letter-to-the-Editor.ADAP

  • ADAP YLC Meetings for 2017/2018

    ADAP YLC PARENT MEETING: TBA

    ADAP YLC meets:
    (First Monday of each month at the Weston Public Library from 7-9PM):

    2017/2018 Meeting Dates: Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, May 7, June 4 (possible make-up
    or end of year party depending on school calendar).

    Application under Youth Leadership Council