STAR Radio spotlights student work

Thanks to terrific partners at STAR Radio, Graduation Matters students have shared their stories on the radio. Click the links below to hear their stories. 

• Listen as United Way community impact coordinator Lacey Spencer shares how students and community members can get involved
• Learn about the importance of attendance and tips/resources to help students get to school
• Parents are invited to share their ideas and get involved in Graduation Matters
• Seventy students are actively involved in spreading the word about Graduation Matters
• Businesses and professionals can get involved by talking to students about important life skills
• Graduation Matters work begins before kids enter kindergarten
• North Middle School student shares how social media can be used to distract and influence students
• North student says support from adults and teachers can help students cope with homework stress.
• 8th grader offers advice on how to battle negative peer pressure
• Paris Gibson Education Center student talks about retreat that focused on the importance of overcoming obstacles
• Paris student shares how discovering his learning style helped him navigate school
• Paris senior used online resource to reveal her learning style 
• Paris teachers give individual help that is geared toward each student's learning style
• Though neither parent graduated, Paris senior is proud to graduate in February
• Despite a family history of drugs, Paris student set to graduate
• CMR freshman talks about substance abuse
• Talking to someone you trust can help break substance addiction
• Child abuse and neglect leads to substance abuse later in life
• CMR sophomore shares resources to address substance addiction
• GFH shares how tobacco, alcohol and drug use are more at risk of dropping out of high school
• GFH freshman talks about how using drugs distracts students from school
• Students use drugs as a coping mechanism
• Negative effects of drug use often aren't seen at first 
• GFH students share their post-graduation plans
• Students work to educate adults about substance abuse
• Substance Abuse Prevention Alliance share how students get prescription medication from their family
• Kids use substances because of peer pressure and because they see their family do it
• Parents are the most important influencer in their childrens' lives
• Teens planning Winter Olympics in January and screening of "Chasing the Dragon"
• SAPA students talk about their post-graduation plans