Tobacco-Free Kids Week 2011
The following pictures are from the TFK Week 2011 T-shirt Contest. Congratulations to all the winners!
Elementary School:
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First-place winner Justin Taylor Capuano (3rd row, right) and his mother Angie Capuano (2nd row, right) with classmates and teachers at Rolling Knolls Elementary School. They are wearing the T-shirt Justin designed for this year's Tobacco-Free Kids Week T-shirt design contest.
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1st Place Winner
Justin C. from Rolling Knolls Elementary School announces, "Don't Become Extinct! You Know Smoking Stinks!"
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2nd Place Winner
Lucy M. from Benfield Elementary School let's us know that "You've Gotta Be Nuts To Smoke!"
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3rd Place Winner
Leah C. from Jones Elementary School reminds us "Tobacco Is Wacko."
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Honorable Mention
Shane W. from Shipley's Choice Elementary School warns us not to smoke or "... you'll croak, choke, and it's no joke!"
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Honorable Mention
Robbie W. from St. Philip Neri School tells us that smoking is dangerous for your lungs.
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1st Place Winner
Mitchell B. from St. Philip Neri School used a stink bug to show, "Smoking Stinks, Butt Out!"
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2nd Place Winner
Rebecca M. from St. Mary's Elementary School (seventh grade) wrote a creative poem about the many bad things that happens when you smoke.
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3rd Place Winner
Mary S. from Severna Park Middle School shows us the bad effects of smoking.
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1st Place Winner
Tyler O. from Northeast High School wants us to know "Bad Health is No Joke! So Don't Smoke."
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Daniel W. from St. Martin-in-the-Fields Day School (MS) |
Imani M. from
Oakwood ES |
Izaiah P. from
Solley ES |
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Kerry C. from Folger McKinsey ES |
Layne B. from St. Martin-in-the-Fields Day School (ES) |
Demetrius J. from Sunset ES |
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I'Kyah W. from
Overlook ES |
Ivey-Rae S. from Annapolis ES |
Brandon T. from Hilltop ES SACC |
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Callie T. from Severn ES SACC |
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TFK Week Activities 2011
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Pat Kelleher, school nurse at Freetown Elementary, exhibits puppets, display boards and other materials to help teach students about the dangers of tobacco smoke. |
A student at Davidsonville Elementary signs a pledge wall promising never to smoke and warning others that, "It can hurt your lungs!" |
Children at Joy in Learning Child Care Center have fun jumping up and down for the "cigarette stomp" dance. |
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Caitlin Dunn, health educator at Anne Arundel County Department of Health, talks to children at Joy in Learning Child Care Center about the dangers of secondhand smoke. |
Ruthie Bushnell, physical education teacher at Riviera Beach Elementary School, talks to students about taking care of their hearts by never smoking! |
Jenna D., first grade student at Riviera Beach Elementary, feels her strong heartbeat from exercising. Students learn that they can do well in sports when they keep their lungs and heart healthy by not smoking. |
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Jackson F. & Kaelyn S., first graders at Riviera Beach Elementary, stretch out after throwing balls at targets while running relays. The students shouted "No tobacco, no nicotine!" when they aimed for the goal. |
Fifth graders at Broadneck Elementary eagerly raise their hands in hopes of getting the "clever catch" tobacco trivia ball passed to them. |
Pam Cochran, school nurse at Broadneck Elementary, and fifth grader Sarah E. read a trivia question about the dangers of tobacco use. |
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Ridge S., fifth grader at Broadneck, passes the tobacco-use prevention trivia question ball to another student after successfully answering a question. |
Fourth graders (from left) Emily I., Christian P. and Mitchell W. of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Day School make pinky promises, vowing never to smoke. |
To demonstrate how smoking and addiction can make everyday activities more difficult Ethan S., fourth grader at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, runs in a relay blindfolded, but with help from health educator Betz Wild. |
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Fourth graders at St. Martin-in-the-Fields look at their TFK week anti-tobacco comic books. Pictured left to right: Christian P., Jonathon M, Marlena S., Marley W., Emily I., Kaitlyn K., Will B., Katie C., Grayson F., Donnie D. and Steven S. |
To demonstrate how smoking can slow you down, third graders at St. Martin-in-the-Fields run relays with a twist. "Smokers" must run carrying the weight of a giant balance ball while "non-smokers" are free of restraints. |
Students in the School-Aged Child Care Program at Hilltop Elementary wrote and performed skits for TFK week. |
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Aspiring screenwriters at Hilltop Elementary created scenarios of kids trying to pressure peers to smoke, but a smart and brave character always managed to change the kids' minds by educating them about cigarettes' harmful effects and telling them, "To find more information, go to www.SmokingStinks.org." |
Anthony B, fourth grader at Park Elementary School, enjoys reading "Captain Bio: In the Clutches of Sinister Smoke!" an anti-tobacco comic book offered on the AA Healthy Kids website. |
Fourth graders at Park Elementary listen as school nurse Rebecca Joplin calls off various harmful effects of tobacco use that students must match to a picture in a TFK rendition of "Bingo." From left: Kirestin B, Tyler S., Anthony B. and Jade B. |
TFK Week Poster Contest 2010
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Braiden C. from Severna Park Middle announces, "Mad Killer Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You!"
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Rachel M. from Sunset Elementary lets us know "Don't Smoke It Stinks!" |
Ariah A. from Solley Elementary reminds us to "Say No 2 Tobacco!!!" |
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Morgan H. from Deale Elementary tells us that smoking is dangerous and "No Smoking." |
Raelyn M. from Meade Heights Elementary shows there are many bad things about smoking, so "Quit Smoking." |
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TFK Videos 2009
Emma B. of Jones Elementary created an anti-tobacco video, "3 Reasons Not To Smoke."
View 3 Reasons Not To Smoke - Video [Requires Windows Media Player]
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TFK Week Activities 2009
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To demonstrate how smoking can slow you down, Connor O'Malley shows her classmates at St. Martin's in-the-Field Day School that you cannot run as fast when your activities are limited by the effects of smoking. |
Health Educator Sara Ford of the Anne Arundel County Department of Health teaches the students from Community Christian Preschool about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke. |
Ethan W. and Nicholas L. from Four Seasons Elementary pose in front of the anti-tobacco displays, including a "tar jar " that shows the amount of tar that builds up in a smoker's lung after smoking for one year. |
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David M. and Morgan M. from Waugh Chapel Elementary show the ill-effects of smoking by displaying a diseased lung and rotting teeth. |
Students from the YWCA Star Academy at Annapolis Middle enjoy drawing anti-tobacco posters. |
School Health Nurse Nanette Trent of MacArthur Middle points out the dangers of smoking. |
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Smoking Stinks Events
Kick Butts Tour 2008
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Danny Mays, the Master of Ceremonies, welcomes the crowd to the Tenth Battle of the Bands held on January 19, 2008. |
Battle of the Bands’ winner Stockyard, from Severna Park High, performs at the competition. |
Members of Funkasarus, a band from Chesapeake High School, compete at Battle of the Bands. |
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BoB winner Stockyard performs at the spring concert. |
The crowd listens to Choice from Southern High during the spring concert. |
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Smoking Stinks presentations
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Lenese B., Tynetla N.
and Loren C. from the Gems and Jewels program at Bates Middle take a look at how tobacco can affect your body. |
Gems and Jewels
students Lauren D., Justine W., Teyonna W. and Nina B. are shocked to see this tar jar that shows what a year's worth of smoking can do to your lungs. |
Peer Educator Monique M. from the RESPECT Foundation uses Alex B. from Gems and Jewels to demonstrate how smoking makes your heart beat faster, by having Alex jog in place while holding his nose. |
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