Red Ribbon Week 2024
INTRODUCING THE 2024 NATIONAL RED RIBBON WEEK THEME:
"LIFE IS A MOVIE, FILM DRUG FREE.™"
October 23 - 31, 2024
The 2024 Red Ribbon Week theme serves as a powerful reminder that ordinary Americans nationwide contribute significantly to their communities every day by embracing a drug-free lifestyle.
In honor of 2024 Red Ribbon Week and a little bit of Pope history, we posted a special article in Hound Highlights on October 31, 2024.
We asked Pope 2024 senior, Lily Moscbacher, to interview a retired Pope teacher who worked with Pat Lamb the first year Pope High School opened in 1987.
We feel like this is a full-circle moment since Pat Lamb was the teacher sponsor and creator of the Pope school newspaper, Greyhound Tracks, so a student telling her story in our 21st century digital Greyhound Tracks is giving us all the feels!
Special thanks to Mrs. Sharrow for digging through yearbooks to find us these pictures and to our PTSA President (and Pope 1996 graduate) Beth Moore, for championing getting a new sign made and making sure we told Pat Lamb's story.
We hope next time you are on the Zero hallway at Pope you think of Pat Lamb, her contributions to Pope High School, and the tragic losses that can happen when you drink and drive.
Started in 1985, Red Ribbon Week was created to raise awareness about preventing drugs, tobacco, alcohol, smoking, and violence. Celebrated each year from October 23-31, it is the longest-running and largest drug prevention and awareness program in the United States.
We asked Pope 2024 senior, Lily Moscbacher, to interview a retired Pope teacher who worked with Pat Lamb the first year Pope High School opened in 1987.
We feel like this is a full-circle moment since Pat Lamb was the teacher sponsor and creator of the Pope school newspaper, Greyhound Tracks, so a student telling her story in our 21st century digital Greyhound Tracks is giving us all the feels!
Special thanks to Mrs. Sharrow for digging through yearbooks to find us these pictures and to our PTSA President (and Pope 1996 graduate) Beth Moore, for championing getting a new sign made and making sure we told Pat Lamb's story.
We hope next time you are on the Zero hallway at Pope you think of Pat Lamb, her contributions to Pope High School, and the tragic losses that can happen when you drink and drive.
Started in 1985, Red Ribbon Week was created to raise awareness about preventing drugs, tobacco, alcohol, smoking, and violence. Celebrated each year from October 23-31, it is the longest-running and largest drug prevention and awareness program in the United States.
Patsy (Pat) Lamb was an inaugural member of the Pope staff and taught AP Literature beginning in 1987 when the school was founded. In 1988, the day before students came to campus for Pope's second year in operation, she was killed in a drunk driving accident. I spoke with her colleague, Lynne Enzweiler, who taught English at Pope for 32 years. She described Mrs. Lamb as “kind of a larger than life character, irreverent, great sense of humor.” “She was quite a force to be reckoned with,” said Enzweiler. Not long after she passed away, Kelly Henson, Pope’s first principal dedicated what is now the Zero Hall to Pat Lamb.
However, after many years of the hall being called the “Pat Lamb Hall” the school was repainted and the sign dedicating the hallway was subsequently lost. This week, October 23rd-31st the Pope community celebrates Red Ribbon Week, highlighting the importance of using our voices to stand up against drug and alcohol abuse. In honor of that and of Mrs. Lamb we will be rededicating the Zero hall as the “Pat Lamb Hall" with a new sign purchased by our PTSA. As Mrs. Enzweiler eloquently put it “it's important that we remember and honor these people who were meaningful in our lives.” By rededicating this hall, we not only honor Mrs. Lamb’s legacy but we also renew our community commitment to educating future generations about the importance of making safe and smart choices.
~Lily Mosbacher, Pope 2025 senior
However, after many years of the hall being called the “Pat Lamb Hall” the school was repainted and the sign dedicating the hallway was subsequently lost. This week, October 23rd-31st the Pope community celebrates Red Ribbon Week, highlighting the importance of using our voices to stand up against drug and alcohol abuse. In honor of that and of Mrs. Lamb we will be rededicating the Zero hall as the “Pat Lamb Hall" with a new sign purchased by our PTSA. As Mrs. Enzweiler eloquently put it “it's important that we remember and honor these people who were meaningful in our lives.” By rededicating this hall, we not only honor Mrs. Lamb’s legacy but we also renew our community commitment to educating future generations about the importance of making safe and smart choices.
~Lily Mosbacher, Pope 2025 senior
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