Mission Statement for the Drug Free Schools Office

Milwaukee Public Schools Wellness and Prevention Office, Drug Free Schools Program, is a comprehensive K-12 federally mandated program providing district-wide service to over 200 elementary, middle, high, alternative, charter, diversified community schools, and over 100 adjacent non-public schools.

The reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as the "No Child Left Behind" act, includes the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program as Title IV-Part A. The purpose of this grant is to support programs that prevent violence in and around schools, prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs, and are coordinated with other efforts in order to support student academic achievement. Numerous studies have shown that students who do not feel safe and students who are not free of the effects of drugs and alcohol cannot achieve their full academic potential. Milwaukee Public Schools is committed to provide safe and drug-free environments that are essential for optimal learning, and these funds are essential for supporting effective efforts to reduce barriers to student achievement and success.

The Drug Free Schools program has been instrumental in the development and implementation of comprehensive alcohol and other drug abuse prevention education programs for MPS students, parents and staff. With the help of federal and state dollars, Milwaukee Public Schools Drug Free Schools Program has become a leader in its efforts to curb illicit drug usage.

The program promotes and encourages positive youth development. Staff is provided research-based information and instructional resource materials designed to facilitate their understanding of chemical dependency, taught prevention techniques, staff/parent training dynamics, violence and other related school safety issues. The Drug Free Shools Program has the responsibility for district-wide planning, fiscal and technical assistance management, coordination, development and implementation of comprehensive age appropriate K-12 initiatives. The objective is to establish schools as centers of excellence, free from the influence and debilitating effects of drugs, associated violence and crime.

As the district moves toward operational changes, encouraging student achievement, the Wellness and Prevention Office, Drug Free Schools Program, will continue its commitment to prevention by servicing schools, strengthening prevention programming, generating research-based data and maximizing evaluation and accountability.
Drug Free Schools

Contact: Brett Fuller
fullerba@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Room 265
Phone: 475-8057
Fax: 475-8455

Kathy Witkowiak
witkowka@mail.milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Room 265
Phone: 475-8607
Fax: 475-8455

Safe and Supportive Schools

DPI Student Mini-Grants AODA/ATS Mini-Grant Funding Opportunity for 2011-2012 School Year
Deadline: Friday, October 7, 2011 (4:00 PM) to the Wellness and Prevention Office, CS, Rm. 265

  • Comprehensive school health programs require youth involvement to create environments conducive to healthy, resilient, and successful learners. As part of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's efforts to encourage youth initiatives, 2011-12 DPI Student AODA/ATS Mini-Grants funds will be available on a competitive basis to support education, prevention, and intervention programs.
  • These mini-grants ($1,000 maximum) must be designed by the students and target alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) and other youth risk behaviors such as tobacco, traffic safety/unsafe driving, bullying, violence, suicide, etc.
  • A major funding priority of the mini-grant program is the involvement of youth (groups, clubs or classes) in the planning and implementation of the project.
  • More than one grant can be awarded to a school, but only one grant is allowed per student group.
  • For additional mini-grant criteria and a program overview, as well as other project ideas and program benchmarks, and a fill-enabled application form, please visit the DPI website at http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/miniprog.html or the MPS Wellness and Prevention Office website http://wellnessandpreventionoffice.org It is very important to know that when using this form, you must first save it to your computer desktop or hard drive.
  • Completed mini-grant applications are due to the Wellness and Prevention Office, Central Services, Room 265, no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, October 7th. DPI will make grant award notifications by November 23, 2011.

Should you have questions, please contact Brett Fuller at 475-8057 or Kathy Witkowiak 475-8057.

ADDITIONAL Mini Grant Resources:

What’s a Student Mini-Grant?  download document

AODA Student Mini-Grant Review Benchmarks   

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/doc/mgbench.doc

Peer Programs: Tips for Planning/Implementing Within Your Student Mini-Grant Proposal

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/pdf/pprogtips03.pdf

Project Ideas for Youth to Consider

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/doc/mgideas.doc

 
CESA-AODA-1 Report Form (Student Mini-Grant Claim Report Form

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sspw/doc/mgclaim.doc

Inservices / Workshops

  • E-Learning Opportunities for Students. Enroll at http://enroll.milwaukee.k12.wi.us For more information about these e learning programs, see bluekids.org Or contact Diane Rozanski, 438-3649 or rozansdm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
    • Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Prevention II (ATODII)
      6th - 9th grades. Covers the role of media in decisions, risk taking, gateway drugs, ecstasy and pressure.
    • Energy Extreme - 4th – 6th grades
      Covers six body systems, nutrition (including the new food pyramid), and body needs (exercise, rest and water).

Tobacco Prevention

  • Wisconsin's Media Resource Center (MRC):  The MRC is an on-line warehouse of media advocacy, earned media, and paid media resources developed by the Wisconsin tobacco control movement.  You can access the MRC under the "Coalitions and State Partners" section of the TCRCW website at www.tobwis.org.  Currently, in addition to media advocacy and archived earned media materials, you can access spots and materials for the FACT Spoken Word campaign, the Clearly Campaign, and the Smoke-Free Workplace radio spots from last year.  In addition to television, radio, and print advertisements that can be reviewed on-line and ordered for local use by submitting an on-line media request form.  The MRC is a rich resource and the best way to understand it is by visiting the site and exploring what's available. All future paid media materials will be posted on the site, as will all earned media materials distributed by the program and its partners
  • Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line - Call today! 1-800-QUIT-NOW (Poster - word doc)

Related Drug free Schools Information

  • Consortium to Prevent School Violence PRESS RELEASE pdf file www.preventschoolviolence.org
  • Safe and Drug Free Schools Advisory Committee:
    • Safe and Drug Free Schools Advisory Board (no announcements at this time).

Supplemental Resources

  • Families and Schools Together (FAST) - FAST is a multi-family group process that facilitates the building of relationships for children ages 3-14 with their own families, peers, schools, and communities. The two-year process has three steps: 1) outreach to stressed and socially isolated, often low-income, families; 2) weekly multi-family meetings to engage the families with one another and with the school. FAST is run by a parent-professional partnership offering family meals, family communication games, peer social networking, and a parent playing one to one with their child, to increase strong bonds; and, 3) ongoing monthly multi-family meetings facilitated by the FAST parent graduates to maintain the informal social network of parents at the child’s school which facilitates monitoring of youth behavior. (more)
  • Life Skills Training Program, - The LST program was developed by Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin, a leading expert on drug abuse prevention for middle school students. It consists of 15 classes that can be implemented in the first year of middle school (6th grade). The LST program also includes a booster curriculum consisting of ten classes in the second year (7th grade), and five classes in the third year (8th grade). (Complete document)
  • MPS Violence Prevention Office - Violence Prevention Program Catalog (doc.)
  • Student Assistance Coordinator
    • Roles and Responsibilities - The Student Assistance Coordinator (SAC) will provide program management functions, serve as the chairperson of the Coordinated School Health Team (CSH Team), and serve as a resource agent, in channeling Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse (ATODA) information to Milwaukee Public Schools/non-public schools students, staff, parents and administration. (Complete document pdf file).
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