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You Are Invited: Story to Come Hear an Incredible of Courage and Hope ted: You are invi n incredible story to come hear a of courage and hope. Nearly t en years ago, Rachel Scott had the courage to leave a lasting legac y in the face of Rachel Scott was deathe firstth. person killed in the Col- umbine High School Tragedy on April 20, 1999. She Now, you are invited t and a simple chal- left behind an amazingo legacy come hear Her story. lenge to anyone who will accept it--treat others with kindness and compassion and you just may change the world you live in. WHERE/WHEN: Media Fact Sheet ‡ Profile Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Rachel’s acts of kindness and compassion coupled with the contents of her six diaries have become the foundation for the most life-changing school program in America. Her brother, Craig, was in the library that day and lost two close friends and narrowly escaped death himself. He was the only student at Columbine who was in the library, the worst of the killing zone, and also lost a sibling. Powerful audio/video footage of Rachel's Challenge holds students spell-bound during a one-hour school presentation that motivates them to positive change in the way they treat others. This is followed by a 45- minute training session involving both adult and student leaders. This is an interactive session that shows how to sustain the momentum created by the assembly. That evening the Rachel’s Challenge presenter conducts a powerful session with parents and community leaders. To sustain the positive climate change in a school, Rachel’s Challenge offers a year-long curriculum called the Friends of Rachel (FOR) program that continues training students and plugs them into activities that continue the chain reaction of kindness. ‡ Scope of Effectiveness A few weeks after the tragedy Darrell Scott, Rachel’s father, spoke to a Congressional House Judiciary Committee regarding issues of school violence. His speech has become one of the most widely read on the internet. Shortly afterwards he founded “Rachel’s Challenge”, a non-violence school program. Rachel’s Challenge also recently released an Elementary School Program that offers age-appropriate challenges and year-long activities to primary school students. In 2007 more than 1.25 million students will have experienced Rachel’s Challenge and had the opportunity to accept the challenges, modeled after Rachel’s life and writings. The universal message of kindness and compassion told by Rachel’s story has been heard by students in several other countries. The number of requests to present Rachel’s Challenge to students, parents, and educators continues to increase. This year the number of students to hear Rachel’s story is expected to be around 1.7 million. The Scott family has spoken to over 10 million people in live settings, and has reached millions more through being featured on popular media outlets like CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Oprah, Dateline, O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, and numerous others. Mr. Scott has also authored three books including the best seller “Rachel’s Tears.” Darrell meets regularly with politicians and educators, and is also a keynote speaker at many large educational venues. He met with President Bill Clinton on two occasions and President George W. Bush has written a personal letter recommending Rachel’s Challenge. A wide scope of endorsements are available upon request. In 2005, Rachel’s Challenge was awarded the Friends of Education award from the state of New York. The school program founded by Mr. Scott has prevented numerous suicides, drastically reduced bullying, and in three known instances in 2007 alone prevented a planned school shooting. ‡ Contact For more information on how to have a Rachel’s Challenge event at your school or conference please contact us at 1-877-895-7060. Learn More: To learn more about this highly effective program be sure to see the “news” section of our website, www.rachelschallenge.com “You Just May Start A Chain Reaction” WWW.RACHELSCHALLENGE.COM Pre-Event Activities Session # 1 1. What major tragedy took place at a high school in Colorado in 1999? - Columbine High School, April 20, 1999 - Worst high school shooting in American History 2. How many people died that day? - 15 people total o 12 students o 1 teacher o 2 student gunmen 3. Can anyone remember the names of any of the victims of that tragedy? - Daniel Rohrbough - Cassie Bernall - Steven Curnow - Corey DePooter - Kelly Fleming - Matthew Kechter - Daniel Mauser - Isaiah Shoels - John Tomlin - Lauren Townsend - Kyle Vasquez - Dave Sanders, teacher - Rachel Joy Scott 4. What do you know about that person? 5. Who was the first person killed in the Columbine tragedy? - Rachel Joy Scott Assignment: Please go to www.rachelschallenge.com, learn about Rachel Scott, and prepare to discuss tomorrow. Session # 2 1. How many of you checked out information about Columbine High School and Rachel Scott? What did you learn? 2. How old was Rachel when she was killed? What grade was she in? - 17 years old, 11th Grade 3. What did Rachel write in an outline of her hands that predicted her life would impact the world? - On the back of an old dresser she traced her hands and wrote, “These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott, and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts.” 4. What other things did you learn about Rachel’s life from the website? Session # 3 1. Rachel wrote an essay a month before she was killed, which was titled “My Ethics, My Codes of Life.” - Please have class read her essay. 2. What were Rachel’s objectives in writing this essay? - To challenge her reader to start a chain reaction of kindness and compassion - To ultimately show that one person can make a difference in the world 3. Throughout history, men and women, have started both good and bad chain reactions. Discuss some of these people and the chain reactions they started. - Examples: o Martin Luther King, Jr. o Ghandi o Rosa Parks o Adolf Hitler o Sadaam Hussein “You Just May Start a Chain Reaction” www.rachelschallenge.com As A Business Owner, How Can I Be Involved? Students at our school have been impacted by a program called Rachel’s Challenge. A core group of students have been trained and have formed a “Friends of Rachel” Program (FOR Program) that will be meeting on a weekly and monthly basis. This will insure that the chain reaction of kindness promoted through Rachel’s Challenge will continue on a permanent basis. There are three ways that you, as a business owner or manager, can be involved. Adults are needed in the community that will volunteer to be Sponsors for the FOR Program. This is more of a time involvement, rather than money. You can get full details about what this means from the school FOR Program Director. You can help sponsor the FOR Program financially on an annual basis. There is a cost involved to receive the FOR Curriculum, ongoing guidance, web support, phone calls, posters, journals, etc. from Rachel’s Challenge. Your support would assure that the school would receive the guidance needed to help create a permanent culture change. This also allows the school’s FOR Leaders access to exclusive areas of the website to download additional information, direction, posters, training, etc. Help FOR Students promote activities they will be conducting during the school year to the local community. If your business could help cover this cost or be the total sponsor for the Program, it would be appreciated and recognized by the school (see FOR Leaders for details). All of your financial aid goes directly to the school’s FOR Program and the FOR Leaders can let you know how checks should be written. Thank You. “You Just May Start a Chain Reaction” www.rachelschallenge.com How Can I Be Involved As A Parent? Students at our school have been impacted by a program called Rachel’s Challenge. A core group of students have been trained and have formed a Friends of Rachel (FOR) Program that will be meeting on a weekly and monthly basis. This will insure that the chain reaction of kindness promoted through Rachel’s Challenge will continue on a permanent basis. There is a primary way that you can be involved: You can put your name on a list of potential sponsors for the Friends of Rachel Program (FOR Program). The group will grow and divide into several Chain Reaction Teams, each with approximately 30 students. Each group needs adult sponsors. This is a time requirement not a money one. The groups meet for a short time each week and at various other times depending on what project the students are doing. Your involvement may be in opening your home for a monthly “Pizza and Planning Meeting” or by supporting the weekly meetings by just being there. See the school FOR Director for more information. Thank You. RACHEL’S CHALLENGE WHOLESALE ORDER FORM Girl’s T Only for school purposes. Rachel’s Not to be given to students. Tears Design HHoodieoodie MIX & MATCH ANY CLOTHING STYLE WITH ANY DESIGN! White T Long Sleeve T Kindness Chain Reaction Design Design Chain Reaction Character Dream Tears Chain Reaction Journal Poster Poster Poster Poster Book Introducing short fi lms from Rachel’s brother Craig Scott. Craig has written, produced, and directed a number of award winning short fi lms that have one goal in mind: to inspire. Each DVD contains the short fi lm, an interview with the fi lmmaker, discussion Youth & Adult Sticker Red Drawstring questions, and action points.
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