Parkside High School Hosts "Rachel's Challenge" March 16;

Parkside High School Hosts "Rachel's Challenge" March 16; Powerful Messages from a Columbine Victim Community presentation on Rachel's Challenge, public welcome, 7-8 p.m.

Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Her acts of kindness and compassion, coupled with the contents of her six diaries, have become the foundation for one of the most life-changing school programs in America. This program, known as "Rachel's Challenge" will be presented at Parkside High School on Monday, March 16. 2.

Powerful video/audio footage of Rachel's life and the Columbine tragedy holds students spell-bound during a one-hour school presentation that motivates them to positive change in the way they treat others. There will be assemblies at 8:30 and 9:45 a.m.

The assemblies will be followed in the afternoon by an interactive training session involving 60 Parkside students. These volunteers will learn how to sustain the momentum created by the assembly. The assembly creates the "want to" or desire for positive change. The training session teaches the "how to" and ensures that the positive impact will continue. The training session will take place from 1:30-3 p.m.

In the evening, the Rachel's Challenge speaker conducts a powerful session with parents and community leaders. This session is similar to the assembly program and ends with a specific challenge to parents and community leaders, showing them how they can reinforce the decisions their youth are making. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the Parkside auditorium.

For information, please call 410-677-5143.