Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Rachel's Challenge Coming to Rainy River District

(Banner Signed by International Falls students last year promising to uphold Rachel's Challenge)


An anti-bullying program named after one of the victims of the Columbine School shooting is coming to the Rainy River District.

Steve Latimer, the United Native Friendship Centre's Youth Justice Coordinator sees Rachel's Challenge an important program to introduce.

"With the calibre of students and the amazing things that some of them do in this area, we have a great many more positive peers out there," says Latimer, "but that just wasn't coming through. I was looking for a program that would reinforce positive peers and Rachel's Challenge is 100 per cent that"

Latimer says the program will be presented to area high schools and the public this fall.