{"id":19463,"date":"2025-06-21T17:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=19463"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:03:18","slug":"watch-santa-ana-fifth-graders-promote-drug-free-message-in-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/06\/watch-santa-ana-fifth-graders-promote-drug-free-message-in-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Santa Ana fifth graders promote drug-free message in music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"meta-wrap hero-meta tipi-m-typo elements-design-3 clearfix\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"title-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title title flipboard-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cb-byline byline byline-3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><span class=\"byline-part author\"><i class=\"valenti-i-user\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\u00a0by Madeline Gray<\/span><span class=\"byline-part cb-date date\"><i class=\"valenti-i-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> &#8211; OCDE Newsroom &#8211; <time class=\"entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date\" datetime=\"2025-06-16T10:16:16-07:00\">June 16, 2025\u00a0<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix body-color link-color-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Here at King School News\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1091305910?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Forming healthy habits and building strong character is a top priority for students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Santa Ana \u2014 and they have found a creative way to share that message with their peers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Set to the tune of Raffi\u2019s \u201cDown By the Bay,\u201d the Santa Ana Unified School District students wrote and performed their own rendition, \u201cHere at King School,\u201d to showcase what they have learned about drug prevention and healthy decision-making. Written by the students themselves, the lyrics highlight setting goals, making positive choices, resisting peer pressure and saying no to drugs. Watch their\u00a0music video\u00a0above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Their message was inspired by a similar public service announcement titled \u201cStop and Think\u201d\u00a0created by Hope View Elementary students\u00a0in the Ocean View School District. Hope View\u2019s prevention song was shared with King Elementary students as part of King\u2019s own curriculum, and it sparked an idea. After watching it in teacher Pam Morita-Hicks\u2019 class, the fifth-graders were inspired to create a musical project of their own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">The fifth-graders recently completed a 10-week curriculum called Too Good for Drugs presented by OCDE\u2019s\u00a0Youth Substance Use Prevention\u00a0program. Starting in January and wrapping up in March, the lessons helped students develop healthier coping strategies and life skills through activities and discussions. The curriculum also educated the class on the dangers of alcohol, nicotine, marijuana and medication misuse, and how these substances can have long-term effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">\u201cOur goal is to build students\u2019 health literacy by strengthening their knowledge and providing opportunities to practice real-life skills,\u201d said Lisa Nguyen, project assistant at OCDE. \u201cWe want young people to feel more confident in setting reachable goals, making smart choices, managing feelings and saying no when it counts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">After completing the curriculum, students were given the opportunity to plan a youth prevention project to share this message with their peers. Led by Nguyen and the OCDE team, Mrs. Morita-Hicks\u2019 class participated in planning meetings where the students wrote their own lyrics, brainstormed visuals and rehearsed their performance. Their ideas came to life in a music video captured and produced by OCDE\u2019s Media Services team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Through sharing their performance, students from the class said they hoped to inspire other students to make healthy choices and spread awareness among their peers about the importance of staying drug-free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">OCDE\u2019s Youth Substance Use Prevention Services\u00a0brings free drug and alcohol education to schools and youth organizations in Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Irvine, Tustin, Orange, Stanton and Westminster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\">Thanks to funding from the Orange County Health Care Agency, the program offers classroom presentations, peer-led projects, parent workshops and staff training at no cost. Additional support is also available through a network of regional providers, making it easy for schools and communities to get involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Source:\u00a0 https:\/\/newsroom.ocde.us\/watch-santa-ana-fifth-graders-promote-drug-free-message-in-music-video\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0by Madeline Gray &#8211; OCDE Newsroom &#8211; June 16, 2025\u00a0 Forming healthy habits and building strong character is a top priority for students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Santa Ana \u2014 and they have found a creative way to share that message with their peers. 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