3rd Grade Submission Form
Memorandum
To: New Jersey Grade School Principals
From: Angelo M. Valente, Executive Director
Date: February 2010
Re: Third Grade "Contract for a Healthy Life"
The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) and PSE&G invites your third graders to participate in the eleventh annual "Contract for a Healthy Life". The "Contract for a Healthy Life" program encourages students to pledge not to use alcohol, tobacco and other drugs that would be harmful to them. Over 158,000 students have already participated in the program. This program is available to all New Jersey third graders free of charge.
The following will be sent to schools who mail a response form: a poster-size "Contract" to be displayed as a permanent reminder to all students to live healthy, drug-free lifestyles, Contracts for each student (the actual "Contract" is four ply, with copies for the students, parents, teachers, and PDFNJ), and prevention material for parents. All participating students will receive a special commemorative gift.
Collected Contracts will be randomly selected to win prizes including family fun night at the Prudential Center.
Please complete your school's attached Response Form by Friday, March 26th, 2010. This initiative is available to the first 25,000 third grade students in New Jersey.
Information on other free school-based programs can be found on our website, www.DrugFreeNJ.org. I look forward to hearing from you and wish you continued success in your efforts to promote a healthy, drug-free lifestyle for the students in your school.
If you have any questions or comments regarding "Contract for a Healthy Life" please contact Chris Barton at 973-467-2100, ext. 11, or email, chris@drugfreenj.org
