Each year the students of high schools all over the state of Illinois are asked to contribute to I Sing the Body Electric. I Sing the Body Electric is an arts project that celebrates and encourages the students in making good decisions as well as offers support and help to those suffering the aftermath of poor decisions. This year Paris Cooperative High School students are having the opportunity to add to the program led by teacher Mrs. McFatridge. Some of the PCHS students who will be involved this year in I Sing the Body Electric are Shane Hawkins, Katrisha Sexton, Brooke Hunter, Millie Arp, Stewart Arp, and Rebecca Sexton.
Mrs. McFatridge says that the students in I Sing the Body Electric “When we go through and view the final presentation the kids really get the message of all the projects. I think teens have a very difficult time with decision making. They get a lot of mixed messages.”
This program works hard to have a clear message to help teenagers make the right decisions. This program helps students express themselves on the topics of drinking, drugs, self image, and sex. The students can help to make others aware of the effects that often result from these actions and they have the opportunity to break stereotypes about the kinds of kids who engage in these illegal activities. Many of the most moving pieces of art come from students who have had the misfortune to have lived through the tragic events that drugs and drinking and driving can cause.
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