Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Students Against Destructive Decisions
Students Against Destructive Decisions is a peer-to-peer youth education, substance and alcohol use and abuse prevention organization in the USA, with over 10,000 chapters in middle schools, high schools, and colleges.
SADD was founded as "Students Against Driving Drunk" (occasionally and incorrectly called Students Against Drunk Driving) at Wayland High School in Wayland, Massachusetts, in 1981 after two Wayland High School hockey players were killed in separate car crashes. The students were motivated to challenge the culture in which drinking and driving was accepted.
Originally, SADD's mission was to help young people say "No" to drinking and driving, and to alcohol consumption. In 1997, SADD expanded its mission from preventing intoxicated driving to preventing the consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs and other problems and adopted a new name, "Students Against Destructive Decisions." SADD now highlights prevention of all destructive behaviors and attitudes that are harmful to young people, including underage drinking, substance abuse, impaired driving, violence, and suicide.
SADD is well known for developing the Contract for Life, a document signed by both parents and student. It stipulated that students would try their best to avoid drinking and driving if parents agreed to do the same. Parents also agreed to pick up their own child at a party upon request, with no questions asked, if students saw harmful substances being used. The next day the family was to discuss the matter. [http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=101933&format=&page=1] The Contract is still in use today and has been updated to reflect the expanded scope of the Students Against Destructive Decisions mission.
SADD has been known in popular culture as "Students Against Drunk Driving," most likely because of the similarity in name to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. SADD has many events that they host like the mock crash which is to portray the effects of drunk driving, they also do a grim reaper day which is when one or a few dress up as grim reapers and go around "killing" people to show how many people are affected by destructive decisions. Those people can't talk for the rest of the day, and need to seem very sullen, to give the full effect of how it would be if they were gone.
External links
* [http://www.sadd.org/ Official website]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
SADD — Students Against Destructive Decisions (Community » Educational) Students Against Destructive Decisions (Academic & Science » Universities) ** Students Against Drunk Driving (Community » Educational) ** Students Against Drunk Driving (Community » … Abbreviations dictionary
Smoky Hill High School — Infobox School name =Smoky Hill High School size =200px motto = established = 1974 type =Public affiliation = district =Cherry Creek School District grades =9 12 president = principal =Mr. Randy Karr head of school = dean = faculty = staff =141… … Wikipedia
Independence High School (Independence, Ohio) — Infobox Secondary school name = Independence High School motto = Freedom To Excel I Pride established = 1922 type = Public High School principal = Roger Howard faculty = 34 students = 421 mascot = Blue Devil colors = Royal Blue and Gold city =… … Wikipedia
Carver High School (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) — Infobox Education in the United States name= Carver High School imagesize= motto= Diversity of People. Respect for Individuals. Unity in Principles. motto translation= streetaddress= 3545 Carver School Road city= Winston Salem state= North… … Wikipedia
Princeton Day School — Infobox School name = Princeton Day School motto = Semper Luceat May It Always Shine established = 1899 type = Private, day, K 12 head name = Head of School head = Paul J. Stellato city = Princeton state = NJ country = USA campus = 103 acres… … Wikipedia
Robert Anastas — (b? d?) Former hockey coach and teacher at Wayland High School. Anastas founded SADD in 1981 at Wayland High School, in Wayland, Massachusetts, United States following the deaths of two students in drunk driving accidents.SADD originally stood… … Wikipedia
Chatham High School (New Jersey) — Chatham High School Location 255 Lafayette Avenue Chatham Township, NJ 07928 … Wikipedia
Skyline High School (Oakland, California) — Coordinates: 37°47′55.89″N 122°9′41.67″W / 37.7988583°N 122.161575°W / 37.7988583; 122.161575 … Wikipedia
South Plantation High School — Infobox School name = [http://www.browardschools.com/schoolsplash1/schoolsplash.asp?infoid=2351 South Plantation High School] imagesize = caption = location = streetaddress = 1300 Paladin Way city = Plantation state = Florida district = Broward… … Wikipedia
Pearl River High School (New York) — {| style= float:right; |Infobox University name= Pearl River High School image size = address = 275 East Central Avenue, Pearl River New York tagline= established=1994 grades = 8 12 endowment= faculty= principal= William Furdon provost= students … Wikipedia
