Every Fifteen Minutes will be held at Saugus High School this week.
Every 15 Minutes is a program designed to teach students the consequences of drinking and driving. The program will take place on Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4, 2015 at Saugus High School, located at 21900 Centurion Way.
The program is hosted by the California Highway Patrol and the California Office of Traffic Safety in partnership with the city of Santa Clarita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Saugus High School.
The two-day program focuses on high school juniors and seniors and challenges them to think about the impact their decisions have on themselves and others. The very dramatic and emotional lesson challenges teens to think about drinking and driving, personal safety and the responsibility of making the right choices.
On Thursday, December 3, a graphic demonstration of a traffic crash site will be reenacted by students, who will play the roles of victims, as well as the drunk driver. Local police and fire emergency responders will report to the fictional scene, as well as an ambulance, a coroner, members of public works and a tow truck company.
On Friday, December 4, participants will share their experiences and lessons learned from Thursday’s event at a student assembly for juniors and seniors. The City of Santa Clarita’s Mayor Pro Tem Bob Kellar will attend the assembly to share a few words with the students as well.
The simulated traffic collision will take place on Thursday, December 3 at 11:30 a.m. in front of Saugus High School, for approximately one hour. Centurion Way between Caraway Lane and Hyssop Lane will be closed for several hours to allow for set up and breakdown.
For more information about the Every 15 Minutes program, visit www.chp.ca.gov. Additional programs will be hosted at Canyon High School and Valencia High School in 2016.
At approximately 11:30 a.m. Thursday in front of Saugus High School, four students sat in crashed cars to simulate the ramifications of drunken driving, during the two-day “Every 15 Minutes” program funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety and organized by the California Highway Patrol.
On Thursday, Dec. 5, the City of Santa Clarita, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station and Saugus High School officials will join in partnership to conduct the Every 15 Minutes program at Saugus High School. **There may be traffic delays in the area of Saugus High School - 10:30am -…
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I remember this when it was at West Ranch. The resources and effort that went into this I think are what really made it stick with me. The crash. The hospital. The court room. The roses. Everything. I’ve lost a family member because of a drunk driver. The every 15 minutes program is extremely important and I hope continues to grow to other schools!
Yes, a great program! Thanks to all those who have put this together and are making it available to Saugus High and, hopefully, every other school everywhere (but I’ll settle for just the SCV). So many good and promising lives have been cut short by drinking and driving…on the part of both the drivers and their victims. This will save lives.
We often get on this forum to complain about things going on in our community but this reminds us how lucky we are to live here and how well the place is run. Three years ago I moved up here from the dump directly south of us and really appreciate our community.
It made a big impression on my kids when they were at Canyon HS. Though I did feel sorry for the young man who had my daughter sobbing on one shoulder and his girlfriend sobbing on his other shoulder…two weeping young women is a lot for one lad to have to deal with.
I think it’s a great program too, but I hope they are sensitive to the pain that some of the students are going through following the death of a student last year. Death is never easy.
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I think this is a great program…but I’m also worried Because the kids lost a classmate last year. It’s going to be a very difficult week for some.
Listen make a difference don’t drink and drive please
Kaylee DeLong
I remember this when it was at West Ranch. The resources and effort that went into this I think are what really made it stick with me. The crash. The hospital. The court room. The roses. Everything. I’ve lost a family member because of a drunk driver. The every 15 minutes program is extremely important and I hope continues to grow to other schools!
If one life is saved….it’s worthwhile. No more of our kids lost to drinking and driving, please! One loss is too many.
Yes, a great program! Thanks to all those who have put this together and are making it available to Saugus High and, hopefully, every other school everywhere (but I’ll settle for just the SCV). So many good and promising lives have been cut short by drinking and driving…on the part of both the drivers and their victims. This will save lives.
We often get on this forum to complain about things going on in our community but this reminds us how lucky we are to live here and how well the place is run. Three years ago I moved up here from the dump directly south of us and really appreciate our community.
It made a big impression on my kids when they were at Canyon HS. Though I did feel sorry for the young man who had my daughter sobbing on one shoulder and his girlfriend sobbing on his other shoulder…two weeping young women is a lot for one lad to have to deal with.
Great program!!!
I think it’s a great program too, but I hope they are sensitive to the pain that some of the students are going through following the death of a student last year. Death is never easy.