Red Ribbon Week at SJHS
Red Ribbon Week is a time for students to dress up at school, participate in fun games, and also learn about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Red Ribbon Week usually takes place in the last few weeks of October. Red Ribbon Week for Springville Junior High was October 7th, 8th, and 9th.
Schools across the nation participate in Red Ribbon Week in memory of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena who was working undercover in Mexico for four years on a big drug bust. He was soon caught and killed by a drug cartel that found out he was working with the DEA. His family donned red ribbons in his memory, and thus Red Ribbon Week was born.