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Rachel's Challenge will be presented locally at Sherrard H.S. on Nov. 10
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Press release submitted by Donna Lamb Rachel"s Challenge will be presented locally at Sherrard High School on Tuesday, November 10. There will be assemblies and training at the high school during the day, plus a community event open to the public that evening at 6:30 pm at the high school gymnasium. MEDIA FACT SHEET RACHELS CHALLENGE PROFILE: Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Rachel"s acts of kindness and compassion, coupled with the contents of six diaries, have become the foundation for the most life-changing school program in America. Her brother, Craig, was in the library that day and lost two close friends and narrowly escaped death himself. He was the only student at Columbine who was in the library, the worst of the killing zone, and also lost a sibling. Powerful audio/video footage of Rachel"s Challenge holds students spell-bound during a one hour school presentation that motivates them to positive change in the way they treat others. This is followed by a 45-minute training session involving both adult and student leaders. This is an interactive session that shows how to sustain the momentum created by the assembly. That evening the Rachel"s Challenge presenter conducts a powerful session with parents and community leaders. To sustain the positive climate change, Rachel"s Challenge offers a year-long curriculum called the FRIENDS OF RACHEL (FOR) that continues training students and plugs them into activities that continue the chain reaction of kindness. The Sott family has spoken to over 10 million people in live settings, and has reached millions more through being featured on popular media outlets like CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, and numerous others. Darrell Scott, Rachel"s father, has spoken at Congressional Hearings. In 2005, Rachel"s Challenge was awarded the Friends of Education award from the state of New York. The school program funded by Mr. Scott has prevented numerous suicides, drastically reduced bullying, and in three known instances in 2007 alone, prevented a planned school shooting. 
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