The school year may be 2008-2009, but the school’s “theme” is the Renaissance. Teachers and students are being very creative in how they incorporate Renaissance ideas and concepts into regular school activities and programs. Part of the Red Ribbon Week program celebrated the lives of four Renaissance leaders, so the school could include references to Renaissance gains in the arts and sciences. These four great men also reminded students in the audience that if they wanted to change the world, they would need to make good choices and stay away from things that would harm them, such as drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

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