Rachel's Challenge

SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

Rachel’s Challenge is a national campaign designed to help school staff, parents and students create safer and more productive places to learn and achieve. The goal is to motivate and equip students to embrace values of kindness and compassion so that no child is left behind because of fear and violence in their school. Dana Scott, Rachel's sister came to speak about Rachel's Challenge at Zachry Middle School on October 20, 2005. Three assemblies were held to address all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.		Dana Scott (Rachel's Sister) giving presentation

		The program is based on the essay entitled “My Ethics, My Codes of Life” written by Rachel Joy Scott, one of the students killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. In it she issued a challenge to her generation: “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.
Slide: Rachael and her brother, Craig
I am sure that my code of life may be different from yours, but how do you know that trust, compassion, and beauty will not make this world a better place to be in and this life a better one to live? My codes may seem like a fantasy that can never be reached, but test them for your selves and see what kind of effect they have in the lives of people around you. You may just start a chain reaction.”
		The five challenges for students
		Rachel lived out this challenge in her own life and was known at Columbine for being a friend to students who were not popular or who had difficulties in school. Now her example and challenge have change tens of thousands of students’ lives on campuses across the country. To learn more, click on the Rachel's Challenge banner at the top of the web page.
7th grade students listen intently


Zachry's Counseling Staff with Dana Scott. Pictured left to right: Mr. Cordero, Mrs. King, Dana Scott, Mrs. Griggs and Mrs. Burke.