Red Ribbon Week

We hope you have had a wonderful Red Ribbon Week here at HMS! Thank you to the HHS Peer Helpers for speaking with our 6th grade students on Wednesday. Congratulations to our 7th & 8th grade Red Ribbon Week contest winners! Thank you to the Homewood Police Department and the HMS PTO for their contributions to these contests. Remember that’s it’s important to be committed to a tobacco, alcohol, and other drug free lifestyle in order to reach your goals and maximize your unique potential!  

Red Ribbon Week

The Red Ribbon Campaign® is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people during Red Ribbon Week. Use the following link to take a look at the numbers: Red Ribbon Week By the Numbers.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is a nationally recognized and celebrated week where we can demonstrate our opposition to drugs. The Red Ribbon Campaign is a national campaign that supports the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s efforts to reduce the demand for drugs through prevention and education programs. Hopefully you have noticed the yard signs throughout the city of Homewood showing the community’s support of this national campaign in addition to what we are doing in the schools.

Red Ribbon Week

The national Red Ribbon Week Celebration brings millions of people together to raise the awareness of the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This campaign also supports and encourages prevention, early intervention, and treatment services. We hope everyone at HMS will be committed to a tobacco, alcohol, and other drug free lifestyle so we can all maximize our unique potential!

Red Ribbon Week

Homewood Middle School joins over 100,000 schools that will mark this week as Red Ribbon Week. This is a week that honors the memory of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an undercover U.S. Drug Enforcement Officer who was killed in the line of duty in Mexico in 1985. Red Ribbon Week began the following year in his hometown in California, organized by family and friends who wore red ribbons in Kiki’s honor. In 1988, Congress proclaimed the last full week in October as National Red Ribbon Week. This year's theme is “Life is Your Journey. Travel Drug Free.”

Thought for the Week

“Anyone can find the dirt in someone. 

Be the one who finds the gold.”

Message from the Safe & Healthy Homewood Coalition

Next week is Red Ribbon Week and in preparation for the week, the Safe & Healthy Homewood Coalition has provided information regarding raising drug-free children that can be accessed here. Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Baldwin will be providing daily information throughout next week to students through Schoology as well as right here on our blog! 

Message from the Safe and Healthy Homewood Coalition

Please click here for information from the Safe and Healthy Homewood Coalition regarding bullying awareness, information, and what parents can do to help.

Thought for the Week

“Just because your path is different 

doesn’t mean you’re lost.”

Thought for the Week

“Forget the mistake. 

Remember the lesson.”

Message from the Safe & Healthy Homewood Coalition

The Safe & Healthy Homewood Coalition invites parents to attend their upcoming educational program to get details on the usual suspects (alcohol and marijuana) as well as the “new kids” on the block. See common hiding methods, recognize drug paraphernalia, and learn how to identify signs of use and abuse.

Presented by: Angela Camp, MA
Bradford Health Services

For more information, click here.

Thought for the Week

“Fair isn’t everybody getting the same thing. Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to be successful.”