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The St. Francis High School Safety Team has invited the Sacramento Safety Center to present a program for students and parents focused on helping teens drive safely. The 4-hour, interactive teen program is accompanied by a 3-hour, innovative program for parents. The cost of the course covers the class, a certificate of completion from the National Safety Council, and all learner materials.

We encourage all teen drivers or students who will begin to drive this year to choose one of the available two dates. Although teens can enroll without the parent enrolling, it is more effective if parents also take the program to support their teen drivers. Teens/parents attending other schools are also welcome.

February 15, 2008
Students will be in Room 304 and parents will be in Room 312.

This is also our SWAP Day so it might be convenient for parents planning to be on campus in the morning to simply stay for this afternoon program.

Please note the schedule change: The Alive at 25 program will provide lunch for students taking the program between 12:00-12:30pm with instruction beginning at 12:30 and ending at 4:00pm. The parent program will serve lunch beginning at 12:30pm with their program beginning at 1:00pm and ending at 4:00pm. We hope these time differences will allow students the time to get to SFHS if they are not coming with their parents in the morning for SWAP Day, and still have everyone finish the program by 4:00pm.

12:30-4:00pm - Alive at 25 Teen Program* ($20)
1:00-4:00pm - Alive at 25 Parent Program^ ($20)

Space is limited, so register early.

Free drawing for a 1-hour, $99 session on the FOCUSimulator for Teen Drivers.

*Alive at 25 Teen Program is highly interactive and specifically designed for 16 to 24-year-old drivers. Instructors use workbook exercises, interactive media segments, group discussions, role-playing activities, short lectures, and guest speakers to help young drivers develop convictions and strategies that will keep them safer on the road and change attitudes towards risk-taking behaviors including: speeding, drinking, distracted driving, road conditions, and peer pressure. Alive at 25 teaches young drivers to take control of situations by taking responsibility for their own driving behavior.

^Alive at 25 Parent Program uses discussion, exercises and video to help parents understand the unique risks and hazards that teen drivers face. The parent program helps parents to understand their role in developing safe, responsible teen drivers. Topics include: reasons for risky behavior, parent as a role model, Graduated Drivers Licensing restrictions and California traffic laws that impact teenagers, and creating an effective parent/teen driver contract.