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Massachusetts Student-Athlete Citizenship Days Information (2/22/06)
Nominate a deserving individual for Wellness Coordinator of the Year (2/14/06)
2006 Boston Bruins Ice Hockey Sportsmanship Awards (2/9/06)
MIAA Announces 2006 Leadership Training Institute Graduates (1/30/06)
SADD - "A Call to Action" Application Packet (1/25/06)
MADD Call to Action - Multimedia Assembly Shows for Middle and High Schools (1/25/06)
Largest Sportsmanship Summit Held at Gillette Stadium (12/5/05)
Workshop on Eating Disorders: Information Sheet for Coaches (11/9/05)
Sportsmanship Summit Update: Robert Kraft to Attend Summit (11/4/05)
MIAA Announces Fifth Annual Student Sportsmanship Essay Contest Results (10/31/05)
NFHS Hurricane Relief - Mascot Adoption Program
The Student Services Newsletter Fall 2005 Edition is now available online!
Partnership for a Drug Free America Inhalant Report
Updated
Information from NFHS Sports Medicine Website
Heat
Stress and Athletic Participation
Reducing
Brain and Spinal Injuries
Recommendations
for Hydration to Prevent Heat Illness
"Promoting the Positive" - MIAA Student
Services
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MIAA Student Services Department know about it. Click above for more information.
MIAA Endorses Free Melanoma Program for High Schools
Click the above headline for more information about the Melanoma Education
Foundation and Partners in Prevention member Stephen Fine.
Download the High School Teacher
Training and Application Form here!
Click here for a message to high school principals about
melanoma
Northeastern University's MVP Program Institute for Gender Violence Prevention and Education
Massachusetts Student-Athlete Citizenship
Awards (April 5) Updates Panels to Include Steroids Discussion
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"Making
Music the 'Biggs' Way: Cheniel Garcia Raps About Life on Framingham's Flip Side"
New Beginnings article from the MetroWest Daily News (2/10/05)
MIAA Announces 2005 Leadership
Training Graduates
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Comcast/Partnership for a Drug Free America/Court TV
Town Hall Meeting POSTPONED
Further information will be sent when available. Click above for the
memo regarding this event for District A, B, C, D, and H schools.
MIAA Wellness Advisory Committee Strategic Planning Survey
Please take the time to complete this survey and fax it back to the MIAA.
Your input is greatly valued and appreciated!
Partnership for a Drug Free America Bulletin
MIAA Announces Fall 2004 Team Sportsmanship Awards
National Commission Against Drunk Driving Twentieth Annual
National Awards Program Nomination Form
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Heat Related Illness Information
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Parents Advised: Prescription Drug Misuse Up Among Teens
Click above for the article by Jim Brown (AgapePress)
Spring Edition - "Building the
Future" Newsletter
Click above for the latest MIAA Student Services Newsletter.
Looking for a Nutrition or Hydration expert in
your area?
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Recommendations
for Hydration to Prevent Heat Illness
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Heat
Stress and Athletic Participation
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Reducing
Brain and Spinal Injuries
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"Building the Future" Student Services Newsletter
- Winter 2004
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National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week
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Ecstasy Use Among Teens Down 25%
Click above for highlights from the Wall Street Journal article.
ImPACT: The Best Approach to
Concussion Management
Click above for the 2004 1st Quarter Newsletter.
The Blunt Truth: Massachusetts Students Smoke More Than Marijuana
In Their Cigars
From the Center for Substance Abuse Research Weekly Fax (2/23/04)
Teen Dating Violence Site Relaunches (www.seeitandstopit.org)
Click above for information about the Teen Action Campaign.
MIAA Announces 2004 Leadership
Training Graduates
Click above for information about this year's graduating class.
The National Center for Drug Free Sport, Inc. Newsletter (2004 1st Quarter)
An Athlete's Dangerous Experiment (From The New York Times 11/26/03)
Youths risk death for cough-remedy high (From USA Today 12/29/03
3rd Annual Sportsmanship Essay Contest Results
First Place: "The Role of Parents
in Sportsmanship" by Matthew Baron, Monson High School
Second Place: "You're Looked Up
To By All" by Daniel Hackenson, Bartlett High School
Co-Third Place: "You Were an
Inspiration" by Jennifer Masztal, Ware High School
Co-Third Place: "The Parent's
Influence on Sportsmanship" by Matthew DeFinis, Reading Memorial High School
Massachusetts Medical Society/MIAA
Alcohol Awareness Contest (6/10/03)
First Place - Lila West
(Hopkins Academy) "A Little Someone"
Second Place - Scott
McHugh (Hanover High School) "I Am Jack's Alcohol Problem"
Third Place - Lauren
Yetra (Medfield High School) "Drinking. No Big Deal, Right?"
Top 10 - Entries from
students across the state
The Culture of Supplements (From The NCAA News - 6/9/03)
High School Athletes May Need Longer Recovery Time Than College Athletes Following Concussions (From the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - 5/19/03)
School's Out....Don't Let Your Teen's Summer Go To Pot (from Parents. The Anti-Drug)
StopHazing.org - Educating to Eliminate Hazing (5/12/03)
Parents. The Anti-Drug (4/17/03)
American College of Sports Medicine Ephedra release (4/11/03)
Ephedrine Containing Supplements (from Gatorade Sports Science News 3/19/03)
Here's What the Experts Say About Marijuana and Teens (from USA Today 3/10/03)
A 9-Inning Game Plan for Quitting
Conducting Pre-Season Meetings
As a Role Model For Our Children
Setting Standards Through Example
Role Of School Activities in Prevention of Use
Special Concerns Unique to Performers
Additional Keys To Effective Rules
Ten Factors to Getting Your Message Across