Peer Resistance Education Program

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By Ashton Wimbury
Husky Herald Reporter

  On Mondays after school, Peer Resistance Education Program (PREP) meets up in Mr. Farnsworth’s room.  It is a club made for the resistance of things teenagers are typically pressured into such as drugs, alcohol, etc.  

  The club takes a stand for what they believe is right  and encourages others to do the same.  The members are people that want to make a change and each year the amount of members greatly increases.

  “We want to make a difference,” Heidi Wilson (‘16) said.

Later in the year, the club goes around to middle schools and inspires 8th graders to help make that difference and continue it to high school. .

“It’s really cool because we get to interact with the 8th graders and educate them on how to avoid the pressure many teenagers experience,” Hailey Anglebrandt (‘16) said.

Together, they make a change that is needed in order to help students.

  Every year the club goes in with the mindset of helping others in our own school, as well as the schools around us.  They do skits, personal testimonies, and just simply talk to the other students.  

  Although they are just students, they make a large impact.  Teaching those other students, unites schools together to make a change.

  “It’s a fun club to be a part of,” Mike Mahaffy (‘16) said.

   The club enjoys performing skits because they get to make the students laugh, while still impacting the students in a positive way.

“The students always end up loving the skits we perform,” Anglebrandt said.

  The members work hard to be that change that schools need.  Many times, teenagers are put under that pressure that can deeply affect them. PREP does their best to help students resist that pressure they may receive.  

  By doing this, the club is truly making a difference. .

  They interact with the students by opening up and sharing their personal experiences and show them that if they are  struggling through something, they aren’t alone.  When the students hear what they’ve experienced, they learn that things happen, but it is possible to get through whatever it is.

  As the years go on, PREP will continue to be that change that schools truly needed in order to have a positive environment.