Kelli Canty and Nicole Salazar, as part of their NHS and FCCLA projects, helped Sanford students Delete Digital Drama. The goal of their project was to create awareness about cyber bullying and electronic harassment, a rising problem in today’s society. For their project, the two had very much planned. Although their project was focused mainly for secondary students, they involved the elementary as well. The girls gave a higher elementary teachers a lesson plan about how to stop cyber bullying and what to do if one ever encounters the issue. The younger elementary students received different coloring pictures of cyber bullying awareness. The majority of their time was spent either passing out candy that tied a phrase to each day of the week to the secondary students as well as presenting to the students. Their project was a week-long extravaganza consisting of four different themed days. Monday was: “Don’t Chews Digital Drama.” The girls passed out pieces of bubble gum to each secondary student and staff member. Tuesday’s theme was: “Digital Drama is Twisted.” On Tuesday Twizzlers were passed out. On Wednesday the girls passed out Smarties as part of, “Be a Smartie. Delete Digital Drama.” Thursday was the final day of Delete Digital Drama Week. During the day the girls presented different slide shows and videos to each secondary class. Canty and Salazar also handed out their final pieces of candy tagged, “Be a Lifesaver and Delete Digital Drama.” Delete Digital Drama Week, although a huge part of their project, was not the only thing the girls had in mind. Canty and Salazar will write to the senator of Colorado to try to get cyber bullying and electronic harassment laws passed in the state of Colorado. Colorado is one of the 42 states that does not have these laws. They also sold t-shirts and donated some of the proceeds to the National Bullying Prevention Center in Minnesota.  Overall, the project was a huge success, and the two girls hope that by doing this project, many people will become aware of the dangers that are behind cyber bullying. The two also encourage everyone to Delete Digital Drama! Good work girls!
~Kelli Canty