Eighth graders filed into the Monticello Trails Middle School gym, while junior jagPRIDE members Ashley Hague, Amanda Platt and Hanna Torline and sophomores Shelby Rayburn, Marissa Bernal, Katie Linsey, got ready for the Red Ribbon week skit on Thursday, Oct. 27. The skit showed the eighth graders was how you should react when you are confronted with drugs, alcohol or tobacco.

MTMS school resource officer Tom Hayseldon then spoke to the eighth graders about what will happen if you are under the influence or have possession of alcohol or drugs. Then, students asked questions to jagPRIDE members and Hayseldon about drugs, alcohol and high school.

MTMS counselor Dave Anderson thought that this presentation impacted the eighth graders.

“It was well worth our time to have them come. It’s different when there are kids coming down from the high school than other middle school kids,” Anderson said. “It was an impact on our kids. Especially it impacts the eighth graders to make good decisions.”

Hague thought the students asked excellent questions.

“I think it went well,” Hague said. “They asked really good questions that were relevant.”