| Each year the show challenges more than 30,000 adolescents statewide to test their knowledge of alcohol and other drugs during a game show style competition. The annual Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show strives to heighten school/home/community substance abuse awareness by providing middle school students with the opportunity to have fun, while gaining the knowledge, skills and self-confidence needed to make safe, healthy, real-life choices regarding the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. The competition is open to students in 5th to 8th grades who compete for the regional title with that winner moving on to the New York State Regional playoff in Syracuse, NY. Among the schools in Herkimer County that have participated in past years are Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort-Schuyler, Ilion, Dolgeville, Mt. Markham, Poland and Town of Webb. The competition starts several months prior at the local school level when schools register and receive learning center materials provided by the Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show containing information to study from about tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and other drugs. Each participating school forms a team with as many as 7 members- 4 designated players and 3 alternates. Teams usually study up to the day of the competition. In Herkimer County, the competition has been held during the month of March at Herkimer County Community College. The regional quiz show has been sponsored for the past 6 years by the Herkimer County Prevention Council of Catholic Charities of Herkimer County. Participating teams earn prizes donated by local businesses. All officials for the game show, moderators, judges, mediators and score keepers are local volunteers. |
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This year the Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show will be held on Thursday, March 12, 9 a.m.,
(Snow date, Friday, March13), at Herkimer County Community College.
Nine (9) local schools are scheduled to compete for the title of "Regional Champions"
Dolgeville Mohawk
Frankfort Mount Markham
Ilion Poland
Little Falls Town of Webb
West Canada Valley
| 2009 Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show |
| What is the Drug Quiz Show? |
| Check it out on the web: http://drugquizshow.org |
| March 12, 2009. Students from eight (8) Herkimer County Schools competed at Herkimer County Community College for the opportunity to be the annual Rite Aid Drug Quiz Show Regional Champion. The following schools were represented:
Each team played three games. The two teams with the highest cumulative scores, Mount Markham and Town of Webb, went on to compete against each other in the final “Championship Round.” Team Mount Markham took the title of “Regional Champions” with the final score of 18 to 9. Both Mount Markham and Town of Webb schools will go on to compete in the State Playoffs on April 22, 2009 in Syracuse, NY.. The Herkimer County Prevention Council would especially like to thank our volunteers for taking the time to support the quiz show. Moderators: Judges: Mediators: Scorekeepers: Timekeepers: Additional Volunteers: |
| News Update!! |
| Jack Kilty Sam Salamone Chief Howard Lanphier. Dolgeville PD |
| Chris Farber, Herkimer County Sheriff Chief Mike Masi, Little Falls PD Officer Tony Brindisi, Herkimer PD DARE Officer Rich Congdon Wendy Marchese, HCCC Counselor Doug Gay, Rite Aid Pharmacist Terry Leonard, Executive Director of Catholic Charities Barbara Countryman & Jackie LaPlante. HCPC Student Assistance Counselors |
| JoAnn Salamone Michael Kapala Melissa Lanphier Lynne Wiliczka |
| Cleo Adams Kathy Countryman Christine Jackson |
| Melissa Tyrrell Brendan McGrath Jillian Teeter |
| Kelly Cave Josh Parkinson Crystal Gerhardt |
| A BIG thank you to our sponsors: Adonis-Avanti Transportation Service, Inc. Applebee's Burger King Dunkin Donuts HCCC |
Mac-Clark Restaurants
Primo Pizzeria
Sorrento Pizzeria & Restaurant
State Bowling Center
Primo Pizzeria
Sorrento Pizzeria & Restaurant
State Bowling Center
Source:
"The Herkimer
Evening
Telegram"
March 13, 2009
"The Herkimer
Evening
Telegram"
March 13, 2009
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