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FOCUS offered two regional rallies this year! The first was held on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at the Bryant Conference Center on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The Tuscaloosa Rally had over 850 participants in attendance. The second was held on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talladega. The Talladega Rally had over 600 participants in attendance.
FOCUS' 17th Annual FOCUS Rally empowered students to lead prevention activities in their schools and communities.
Noah Galloway, the keynote speaker,
spoke to the Rally audience and shared his story, encouraging and motivating others to offer no excuses.
Check out the videos from the 2019 FOCUS Rallies!
Starting in January 2020, FOCUS will offer three Rallies. The first will be held in Andalusia, on Friday, January 31 at
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC)! Registration is open on our website at https://www.thefocusprogram.com/focus-rallies. The deadline to register is January 24!
Educators may receive Power School Professional Development by registering on the ALSDE website.
The second Rally will be held in Tuscaloosa and the third in Talladega! Save the date for the 2020 Rallies!
For more information on the FOCUS Rallies please visit our website at
www.thefocusprogram.com
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Teen Vaping: What You Need to Know
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to the winners of our FOCUS Rally '19 contests, Greensboro High School student KaLynn Patterson of Hale County (pictured with Superintendent Michael Ryans) and Ms. Harriet Jacobs, the Counselor at Woodland High School in Randolph County. KaLynn won an iPad in our selfie contest and Ms. Jacobs won $50 in our follow-up survey raffle. We are so proud to have these ladies as a part of the Alabama FOCUS family!
Stay tuned to our social media sites for more contests and giveaways coming your way soon!
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"As pediatricians and public-health experts, we know that addictive behaviors start in childhood. Juul knows this, too. They're banking on it. The rise in vaping has reversed decades of progress in reducing youth smoking. In the 2018 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey, nearly one in three high school students had used vaping products in the past month. This translates to a future revenue stream for Juul, whose products represent over half of the nicotine vaping market."
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Welcome to our new FOCUS Schools!
Choctaw County Elementary
Choctaw County
Monroe County High School
Monroe County
Goshen Elementary School
Pike County
White Plains Middle School
Calhoun County
York West End Jr. High School
Sumter County
Thank you for updating your FOCUS school registration!
Curry High School
Walker County
Dadeville High School
Tallapoosa County
Etowah County Career Technical Center
Etowah County
Foley High School
Baldwin County
Horseshoe Bend School
Tallapoosa County
Rutledge Middle School
Jefferson County
University Charter School
Sumter County
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November
December
- 1: World AIDS Day
- 2-8: National Hand-washing Awareness Week (Henry the Hand Foundation)
*Designated for ALABAMA FOCUS SCHOOLS
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The Facilitator Training Videos are live on our website!!
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Follow FOCUS on social media at /alabamafocus:
Be sure to tag us on all your school's activities
by using the hashtag #ALABAMAFOCUS!
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The FOCUS eNewsletter provides links to articles and websites with information on current events, research, funding opportunities and other items related to theprevention of HIV/AIDS and other adolescent risk behaviors. The inclusion of this information does not imply endorsement by FOCUS and the opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the official position, policies or views of FOCUS.
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