Understand Defensive vs. The Safe and Drug Free Schools program is implemented in eight different schools throughout St. Lawrence County. The program uses many different instructional props such as puppets, videotapes, stories, posters and worksheets to demonstrate the objectives of each lesson. Melanie Kring Linkages for Prevention is a Community Based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program located at Gouverneur Central School. Funding for the project is provided by the Bureau of Women's Health and the New York State Department of Health.
Linkages provides several services in the school.
A student drop-in center is located in Room 201F in the middle school. This room offers students a place to go when in crisis as well as literature and information regarding topics such as relationships, drugs and self-esteem. The Linkages office also serves as a meeting place for clubs and lunch groups. Many agencies are subcontracted by the Linkages program to provide a specific service in the school. Planned Parenthood provides educational programs in the 8 th grade health class.