This article was written by Launch Education Asia Chidekel. Asia is a senior at New Community Jewish High School and will attend the University of Puget Sound in the fall. Click through to the Launch Education site for the whole article. Performing the ‘Reality Party’: A Tool for Parents of Party-ers The “reality party” is [...]
This post was written by a Ventura County high school student. While his views are not necessarily the viewpoint of Straight Up, we are grateful for his honesty and openness about difficult subjects. If you are struggling with alcohol or drugs, or have hopeless thoughts, please get help. In Ventura County, call the Suicide Prevention [...]
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From Straight Up’s Program Director Katherine Kasmir. This story breaks my heart: 2 Ohio HS football players convicted of raping drunken girl; charges against others possible Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case isn’t over, saying [...]
Straight Up was honored to be included in two recent health and safety events on Ventura County campuses. We provided information to students about the issues of alcohol, drug use and more.
This post was written by a Ventura County high school student. The temptation for youth to experiment has always existed, and the destruction it has caused is likely to be ignored. Teens often hide the bad with the wonders of a drug. I have seen both sides of it, seen someone having the time of [...]
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Straight Up Ventura County, in collaboration with Conejo Valley Unified School District, Conejo Council PTA, BreakThrough, Engage Recovery, and Thousand Oaks Police Department presents Reality Party for Parents – Home Tour Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and Newbury Park Feb 2 & 23, and March 9, 2013 Time: Tours start every half hour between 3pm-7:30pm. Reservations [...]
From our colleagues and collaborators at Project SAFER. Drinking at college has become ritualized in American culture, and “more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol” as part of their higher-education experience (NIAAA). Not only can students suffer injury due to assault, sexual abuse and drunk driving crashes as a result of their drinking, [...]
Written by a Ventura County high school student. Recently I wrote an essay about a book I recently read, and my essay was about redemption — making a comeback to make up for the mistakes of your past. As I finished up the essay I realized how much I could apply this to my life.
Written by a Ventura County high school student. Frustration and pain, common emotions of the average teenage youth along with many adults as well. Even on my bus ride home from school anger sometimes nears the breaking point, as people use strength as intimidation. Many teens don’t cope with anger very well, it simply builds [...]
This post was written by Ventura County high school student. Depression, utter sadness, many find difficult to deal with. Many adults suffer from this, but it seems most teens go through a depressed phase and don’t have any proper way to cope. Some find healthy ways to escape, while many others starve, cut, fight, or [...]
