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GULF INDIAN HIGH SCHOOLSAFETY WEEK-2019 | Issue                                                                   2




       Drug Abuse Campaign                   gave  good  response  with             supervision of Safety Com-
                                             valid  questions  and  an-             mittee.
       This  initiative  was  taken          swers  with  good  interac-
       by  grade  12  boys  for  stu-        tion.                                  The  mock  drill  started
       dents of grade 5-12, to cre-                                                 with the fire alarm. Imme-
       ate awareness on  the bad             The     campaign        created        diately,      the      teachers
       effects  of  drugs  and  its          awareness on the effects of            started     giving      instruc-
       consequences.                         bullying in studies and in             tions  to  the  students  to
                                             personal life and the hier-            evacuate       the     building
                                             archy  of  reporting  after            through the emergency ex-
                                             the bullying occurs.                   its.













       They  main  points  dis-
       cussed  in  the  campaign             Bullying can have a wide
       are,                                  spectrum  of  effects  on  a
                                             student  including  anger,
       What  are  the Effects  of                                                    They supervised the evac-
       Adolescent Drug Abuse?                depression, stress, and sui-
                                             cide.     Additionally,       the      uation process and guided
        •  Difficulties           with       bully  can  develop  differ-           the  students  towards  the
           schoolwork.                       ent  social  disorders  or             safe  assembly  point  or
        •  Relationship problems             have  a  higher  chance  of            zones.
        •  Loss of interest in nor-          engaging  in  criminal  ac-
           mal healthy activities            tivity.
        •  Impaired memory and
           thinking ability
        •  Increased  risk  of  con-
           tracting  an  infectious

           disease
        •  Mental  health  prob-
           lems—including          sub-
           stance use disorders
        •  Overdose                          GIHS  conducted  a  mock               All  students  were  guided
        •  Death                             fire drill on September 18,            to  the  emergency  exits
       Anti-bulling Campaign                 2019 in which all staff and            and moved towards the as-
                                             students  participated  ef-
       This  initiative  was  taken          fectively.  The  drill  was            sembly area in an orderly
       by grade 7boys for grades             conducted         under       the      manner.    It  was  ensured
       5  –  8  students;  children                                                 there  were  no  missing
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