The Safe Home Pledge for EMS

What is it?
* A voluntary promise that parents make to their teenage children and other EMS families
* A standard to help parents decide on teenage responsibilities and privileges
* A concept for reducing peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol or engage in provocative behaviors such as “dirty dancing”
* A conversation starter to discuss drug and alcohol use with other parents
* A starting point for discussion about our school community

In the “Safe Home”
* The “norm” is set that social gatherings of young people are drug, smoke, and alcohol free
* Parents will do everything reasonably possible to ensure that parties, get-togethers and social gatherings with our
children   and their friends are drug and alcohol free
* Parents are present and visible at parties
* Adult supervision is adequate to ensure that drugs and alcohol are not being used
* Parents will be responsible and aware of what kids are watching

The best prevention is parent involvement!
* Know where your teenagers are and with whom they spend time
* Always contact the parents of friends to verify details your teenager tells you (even if they have signed the Safe
Home document)
* Ask! “We follow the guidelines of the Safe Home program.  Are you familiar with those?”
* Talk about the consequences of peer pressure and substance abuse to help your children make wise choices

The law says that:
* It is illegal to serve alcohol or other drugs to a minor even in a private home
* Parents are legally responsible for anything that may happen to a minor who has consumed drugs or alcohol in their home
* Drinking age in Virginia is 21

To join the Safe Home pledge:
* Discuss the idea with your family
* Contact our PTF Co-President's Jodi Beachy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Linda Green at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or call the school office at 236-6002.

The following families have signed up to participate in the Safe Home pledge:
Abid-Kons, Ali & Margot
Akerson, James & Emily
Anders, Devon & Teresa
Archer, Joseph & Maria
Baker, Gregory & Kay
Bannister, Linda
Beachy, Scott & Jodi
Beiler, Larry & Natalie
Bender, LuAnn
Bendfeldt, Eric & Mary
Bergey, Floyd & Debbie
Bergman, Mark & Beth
Blauch, Jim & Dana
Blosser, Phil & Donna
Blosser, Rhonda
Boettger, Brian & Yvonne
Bolander, Jeffrey & Collen
Boshart, Nicolas - Regan Eshleman
Bowlen, Gene & Christine
Brenneman, Robert & Kim
Brubaker, David & Martha
Brubaker, Myron & Regina
Brunk, Steve & Beth
Bucher, Don & Lois
Buckwalter, Steve & Marian
Burns, Jeff & Eva
Byler, Kevin & Sandy
Byler, Shawn & Sharon
Carter, Allen & Karen
Chico, Lawrence & Amy
Clark, Henry & Margaret
Clatterbuck, M.W. & Debbie
Clemens, Jim & Angie
Cline, Cynthia
Cline, Paul & Sherry
Clymer, Leonard & Joy
Coakley, Robert & Joy Shank-Coakley
Cockrell, Stanley & Helen
Coffman, David & Renee
Colon, Santo & Hyun
Cowles, Spencer & Shirley
Crantston, John & Mary
Crawford, Candi
Crider, Deborah
Cripe, Wayne & Heidi
Cromwell, Cheyenne - Cromwell-Snead, Shawna
Dean, David & Jill Dukette
DePoy, Amy
DePoy, Andy
Depoy, JC & Anne
Deputy, Glenn & Susan
Dofflemyer, Jerry & Nora
Driver, Rodney & Melody
Driver, Woody & Regina
Erb, Ross & Cathy Smeltzer
Eshleman, Rod & Cindy
Ferdinand, Kurt & Laura Quass Ferdinand
Geil, John & Melody
Ghaemmaghami, Ben & Emma - Evans, Michael & Amy Ghaemmaghami
Good, Lee & Rosemary
Good, Sandi
Green, Shawn & Linda
Gullman, David & Debra
Harder, Phil & Wanda
Hardy, Mark & Susan
Hartzler, Dale & Bob
Heatwole, Steven & Nancy
Heishman, Nancy
Hertzler, Barry & Dolores
Hertzler, Jerry & Lisa
Hertzler, Isaac & Wilma
Hollen, L.A. & Melanie
Holsapple, Wanda
Hostetler, Larion & Ruby
Hostetter, Alden & Louise
Hostetter, Eric & Janet
Hostetter, Steve & Maria
Houff, Deona
Howard, Mark & Marsha Thomas
Hughes, Chris & Mary Golden Hughes
Huyard, Al & Rose
Jackson, Andrew & Teresa
Jacob, Robert & Charlene
Jacobs, Sherwin & Carla
Jantzi, Beryl & Margo
Jenkins, Anthony & Betty
Johnson, Tina
Joseph, Mike & Robin
Kauffman, James & Ardith
Kirk, Alan & Susanna
Kraybill, Meribeth
Kraus, Harry & Kris
Lam, Bette
Langouet, Luc & Muriel
Layman, Ken & Deb
Leaman, Paul & Mary
Lehman, Ed & Dianna
Lehman, Mike & Sharon
Lehman, Philip & Marcia
Leichty, Kerry & Rebecca
Leigh, William & Therese
Long, John & Cheryl
Maiewski, Sharon
Marin, Basil & Diane
Martin, Curt & Elizabeth
Martin, Don & Barbara
Martin, Joe & LaVonne
Martin, Larry & Becky
Martin, Lee & Peg
Martinez, Adrian - Weston, Lucy
Mast, Chris & Lynette
Mast, Roger & Cheryl
Matteson, Tom & Kim
Mattichak, Laurel
Maust, Angela
Maust, Weldy & Rebecca
May, Keith & Mary Jane
McConnel, Jim & Katie
McGann, Dan & Vicki
Meadows, Jared-Donna & Carlton Hopkins
Melendez, Susan
Metzler, Wendell & Kimberly
Michael, Donna
Miller, Elizabeth
Miller, Nathan & Kim
Miller, Rufus & Jeanette
Montgomery, Greg & Karen
Moore, Craig & Roberta
Morra, Marcus & Jodi
Mumaw, James & Michele
Murphy, Ervin & Jacqueline
Myers, Daryl & Marcia
Nafziger, Ken & Judy
Newman, Charles & Sheila
Olsen, Dennis & Maria
Pardini, Steve & Deb
Paynter, Johanna and Hannah Lapp
Pease, Edward & Beth
Pellecer, Byron
Pellegrino, Joseph & Anne Stewart
Phillips, Doug & Cindy
Pleasant, Susan
Pou, Javier & Marie Pou Dellon
Porter, Bob & Martha
Poynter, Dale & Ginny
Reid, Glen & Arlene
Resto, Anthony & Stephanie
Revercomb, Mark & Wanda
Rhodes, Dusty & Donita
Rhodes, Winston & Rene
Rimer, Jack &  Cynthia
Rittenhouse, Steve & Ronda
Rozmus, Michael & Susan
Sacra, David & Julie
Sauder, Larry & Linda
Schrock-Hurst, Luke & Carmen
Shank, Pamela
Shenk, Alan & Sharon
Simmers, Alan & Amy
Slabach Brubaker, Kendal & Ryan - Brubaker, Myron & Regina
Smeltzer, Sherwyn & Deirdre
Smith, Jeff & Pam
Smith, Kevin & Brenda
Smoker, LeVon & Cynthia
Smucker, David & Sheri
Stauffer, John & Velma
Stoll, Hugh & Kathy
Stoll, Nikita - Peachey, Byron & Deanna Durham
Stoltzfus, Grant & Susan
Stoltzfus, Karl & Laura
Stutzman, Curt & Jeanne
Sullivan, Erin & Will - Hamilton, Alicia
Suttles, Barry & Shari
Teel, Wayne & Alta Brubaker
Thomas, Jay & Cathy
Townsend, James & Teresa
Trissel, Greg & Lory
Troyer, Kaitlyn - Jackson, John & Crystal
Trumbo, Brent & Judith
Vaccaro, Joseph & Dabney
Vennis, Richard & Cynthia
Visvalingam, Nando & Margot Heffernan
Vrolijk, Linwood & Radella
Waizecker, Karl & Jennifer
Wenger, Delbert & Andrea
Wenger, Louis & Julie
Westfall, Michael & Julie
White, Andrew & Karen
Willis, Bruce & Candace
Wright, Douglas & Karen
Yoder, Elwood & Joy
Yoder, Kevin & Linda
Young, Helen
Yutzy, Jay & Rebecca
Zook, Lester & Robin
Zook, Merle & Dorene