Drug Free Moore County Awards Ceremony

Communities In Schools of Moore County was given a 2008 Award at the Drug Free Moore County Awards Ceremony this past October. The award was given to CIS for helping to support the Drug Free Moore County mission to prevent substance abuse by promoting school success. 

Yvonne Petersen is shown with Jim Miles receiving the award on behalf of CIS. 

I Believe I Can Fly

“People cannot fly; it’s impossible.” Many of our COMPASS Project students allow negative messages (“I can’t”, “I’ll never”, “That’s impossible”) to limit their thinking and their aspirations.

The “I Believe I Can Fly Experience” is designed to challenge negative thinking by providing students an opportunity to achieve something they thought impossible, to fly. In cooperation with Paraclete Sky Venture in Raeford, students experienced flight via a vertical wind tunnel.

In this experience, students recognized that many things we think are impossible can be achieved through hard work, knowledge, skill, assistance, and a willingness to break barriers that limit our dreams. COMPASS Project mentees realized that, if they can fly, then anything is possible.

The COMPASS Project is federal grant program based at Southern Middle School in Aberdeen.  The grant, which began during the 2007-08 school year, provides funding to support one-on-one mentoring for students who can benefit from this type of intervention. Please see our COMPASS page on this blog.