| Students
at Woodland Middle School have some really great things to look forward to
when they return to school Tuesday morning, February 29th. That's when
more than three hundred (300) seventh graders will graduate from Gang
Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.). Fulton County Sheriff
Jacquelyn H. Barrett and Woodland Principal Moses Scott are proud to honor
the students at a special graduation ceremony that will take place at 9:00
a.m. in the school gymnasium.
During the past nine (9) weeks, the seventh grade class has attended
the specialized training program, taught by a uniformed deputy of the
Fulton County Sheriff s Office. The nationally recognized G.R.E.A.T.
program has helped thousands of students nationwide resist the temptation
of joining a gang. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF),
which sponsors G.R.E.A.T., is expected to attend tomorrow's ceremony.
G.R.E.A.T. was founded in 1991 by the Phoenix Police Office and a
middle school principal. The G.R.E.A.T. program is currently taught in
forty-eight (48) states by uniformed law enforcement officers who have
undergone G.R.E.A.T. instructor training.
Woodland Middle School is located at 2816 Briarwood Boulevard in East
Point. For more information, please contact Sergeant Clarence Huber at
(404) 730-4148. Sergeant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at
(404) 833-8884. |