HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-05-17, Page 3HE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 17, 1989 — 3A
HORSING AROUND in the Hullett swamps during a break in
regular classes. The Grade 9 class at SDHS spent the day at the
Hullett conservation area, where they took their regular classes.
As enrichment activities the students measured ponds and tree
diameters, looked for wildlife, took pond samples, did creative
writing and 'sketching, and did activities related to their regular
courses. Corbett photo.
FINDING WILDLIFE - While roaming the Hullett swamps students found snakes and
other wildlife, and Colin Skea is seen here getting friendly with a salamader he came
across. Corbett photo.
Outdoor Adventure
BUILDING A FIRE - Greg Clark and Jennifer Parker get a fire going the old fashioned
wayfor their class project in setting up what they need to survive away from civilization.
Corbett photo.
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - As an enrichment activity for Grade 9
students at Seaforth District High school the kids left the
classrooms and took the day's classes Monday out at the Hullett
wildlife conservation area. This class, studying the novel Lord of
the Flies, was told to do the things it would need to do to survive in
the wild, and students are seen here building a crude crude crude
shelter. They also dug for leeks, built a fire, and talked about what
rules they would need to survive. Corbett photo. •
SDHS working towards a smoke-free environment by 1989 - 90
Eventually Seaforth District High, School
may become a smoke-free school, but as an
interim step the school, in conjunction with
the Lung Association, is offering students a
stop smoking clinic.
Fifteen students are taking the first teen
smoke cessation program ever offered by
the Huron -Perth Lung Association, and as of
Monday at 6 p.m. they have supposedly
smoked their last cigarette.
Deedee Herman, who coordinated the
smoke cessation program at SDHS, says a
different approach is needed for teens, com-
pared to the older people encountered at the
regular community smoke cessation
sessions.
"It's different than someone who's been
smoking for 40 years. A lot of these kids are
social smokers, they smoke for different
reasons," says Ms. Herman.
Some of the students have been smoking
only for one year andsmoke as few as five
cigarettes a -day, while others have been
smoking. for as long as,nine years ,since the
ageof 10- and are over the packaday.mark.
Most are older ,students, 17. and 18 years of
age, and are self„assured enough thatpeer
pressure is,no :longer a big lector .for them.
Ms. Herman saysithere arelthings she can
do to support .the students in quitting, but
most:of'it is upho,them.
"I can help them (find tools tofdeal with it
themselves, .but they have to quit on their
own. I can help them, the group .can help
them, and the handouts ,and ,materials can
help them, bat it comes down to Ahem wan-
, if yuit.”
Ms. Herman admits the success rate of
teen cessation courses is,not,as high as .with
regular courses. Peer pressure is factor
with younger teens, and for all groups the
health risks are meaningless. "they're in-
vincible," she says, whereas veteran
smokers may already be showing symp-
toms of varius tobacco; maladies.
The students.have:been through four ses-
sions over their lunch hours, :quit on .Mon-
day, and may request ,a fifth follow-up
session.
Sehool;principal Jim Empringham says it
was student •requests.whidh,aetually started
the,programatSDHS. ,After doing a biology
unit on smoking, severalstudents mention-
ed they had tried to quit smoking but
couldn't and asked Mr. Empringham and
other staff members if the school could
sponsor a cessation program.
Each year at the school the staff of SDHS
does a goal -setting exercise where it sets out
what it will achieve in the future. One goal
was to make the school a smoke-free en-
vironment by the 1989-90 school year. The
cessation class is a leadup to that uoal.
Staff smoking at the school has already
been restricted somewhat, ss the staffroom
has been declared smoke-free and a staff
smoking area has been designated.
Mr. Empringham says there has to be
discussion about the smoke-free goal, but
adds there are few students who currently
use the designated smoking area, and thinks
the goal is an attainable one.
"There are very ver' few smokers, so I
don't anticipate a problem," says the prin-
cipal. "We'll try to do it in the most positive
way we can so it's not a police action, buta
positive health measure."
In their cessation classes the students
discuss why they smoke, how to quit smok-
ing, and -what kind of progress -they make in
tryingttomtit.
Ms. Herman said to cut down gradually,
about 50;per cent to begin with, to gradually
get :used -to leas nicotine. She also recom-
mended to slake smoking a more
conscious :.activity. Students were ,told to
pick,aspot or time and make it smoke-free.
Some •examples were in their -cars, ;living
room, ;bedroom, at lunchtime, :while ;doing
:their 'hair, or someplace they ;generally
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smoke a lot. Students were to keep a record
of each cigarette they had with a monitoring
card.
Other tips were to keep cigarettes out of
easy reach, and when a craving hits to wait
for 10 minutes and see if the craving passes.
After the second session students were
barred from smoking while socializing, and
were told to stop all other activities while
smoking. "Smoke a cigarette in front of a
mirror. You'll probably be amazed at how
dumb you look," advised Ms. Herman.
They were also asked to switch to a brand
of cigarettes that aren't favorites -but not a
stronger brand.
Another recommendation was to save
their butts in jars as a visual reminder that
they want to quit.
On quit day students were told to get rid of
their cigarettes so they wouldn't be temp-
ted, and to break up their day -try to get
through the morning, then the lunch hour
etc.. And to add water to their butt jars in
case they start to look tempting.
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