"Save a Life" - Awareness for Bullying and Suicide
"Save a Life" presents material designed to develop prevention and awareness relating to bullying and suicide at the high school level. This skit includes an interactive format after each performance for the audience to ask questions of the characters. It has been utilized for counselor professional development, staff training at PWSH, and in the classrooms at Plano West. The presentations all include additional hand-outs on bullying and suicide as well as additional information presented to each group. Newspaper articles were also utilized in the classroom presentations to increase the student's awareness of the magnitude of the issues. Cast members serve as mentors and leaders as they interact with the audience; they perform a public service as they deliver this message in a moving way which never fails to make a dramatic impact on the audience. Lives are touched and changed by this performance. The cast has been asked to perform at the 9th and 10th grade levels and at the middle school level. A video is available to use when the live performance is not feasible. A student survey validated the effectiveness of this presentation in the classroom.