Students at Newton Elementary had some special visitors on Oct. 27 when first responders and city officials paid the school a visit to talk with students and let them get up-close with emergency vehicles as part of the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week.
Red Ribbon Week is an annual alcohol, tobacco, drug, and violence prevention campaign held every October in schools throughout the United States. The week-long observance aims to promote awareness and a commitment to living a drug-free lifestyle for all ages. It is a national effort to prevent drug use and violence.
Newton Elementary’s Red Ribbon Monday started off with members of the Newton Police Department, Newton Fire Department, AmeriPro EMS, and Mayor Jay Powell visiting classroom to discuss with students the importance of staying drug free and bully free. After each discussion, students were allowed to ask their visitors questions.
After the classroom visitations, students were allowed to get up close with a firetruck, ambulance, and police vehicles that were parked on the closed off Tatum Street in front of the school. There were no questions that the students had a great time as they were allowed to go into the vehicles, fire off some sirens, and ask more questions about each vehicle.
