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In an effort to involve Georgia students in reducing injury and death to young drivers, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded a $2,000 highway safety grant to Beach High School to establish a new Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Chapter.

SADD has been committed to empowering young people to lead education and prevention initiatives in their schools and communities. By instituting a SADD chapter at Beach High School, students will cover driving issues including safety belt use, speed, inexperience and impaired driving.  They will also focus on a variety of highway safety issues throughout the school year.

Additionally, Beach High’s SADD Chapter sent six students and the advisor to a statewide leadership training program along with the representatives from other high schools that received similar grants.

“Funding from the grant will provide our students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions,” said Takisha L. Phillips, Beach High School’s SADD Advisor.

Grants issued are made possible by federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to promote the development and implementation of innovative programs to address highway safety problems.  To find out how your school can apply, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.