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View photo gallery of students from the Robinson HS DECA Club with Clarence Jones. They were recognized for DECA international award for their underage drinking project and were asked by CADCA to go to Congress and advocate for the reinstatement of SDFSCA prevention funds in the Obama budget for 2010-2011.

 



 

Photos from the 2009 UPC Conference

 

 


 

Prom and Graduation
Season

As teens take to the roads to celebrate the end of the school year, you can make a difference by talking about the dangers of drugged, drunk, and distracted driving. View other resources.Prom notes


Project Sticker Shock

Project Sticker Shock, Pictures provided by Melinda M. Rivas, Peer Mediation Coordinator & Parent Liaison, Langston Hughes MS

Langston Hughes MS and South Lakes HS students place bright red labels on six-packs of beer and wine in grocery stores and convenience stores in the Reston area that remind folks how Virginia law makes it illegal to provide alcohol to minors. The materials come from Virginia ABC and the Reston-South Lakes coalition implemented the project. Students go with coalition adult volunteers, school staff, and a police officer for every group. View Pictures from the event.

 

 

 

Overview of
What We Do

The Unified Prevention Coalition of Fairfax County Public Schools is dedicated to promoting prevention and early intervention for violence and drug use in our community through:
 

 

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The Unified Prevention Coalition (UPC) and this web site are partially funded with a Drug Free Communities Support Program federal grant administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and SAMHSA. UPC is also funded with Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act funds from the U.S. Department of Education.