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Fremd’s PAVE Club promotes no texting while driving

Posted February 07, 2011 11:00 pm

Submitted by District 211

Fremd High School’s PAVE Club (Positive Actions for Vikings Everyday), a student-organization that promotes helping students to make positive choices in their lives, recently took a stand against texting while driving.

In January, PAVE members set up tables outside the school’s cafeteria and encouraged students to sign a pledge to not text and drive.

The club also held a drawing and gave away an iPod, T-shirts, and other prizes as part of the campaign.

To be eligible for prizes, students read aloud a pledge and signed their pledge not to text and drive or ride in an automobile with a driver who is texting and driving.

Prizewinners were drawn during the Viking’s varsity boys and girls home basketball games against Barrington High School on Friday, Feb. 4.

Illinois State Trooper Ryan Rybczyk observes Fremd High School student Thomas Mayer using a driving simulator to demonstrate the danger of texting while driving. Courtesy District 211

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