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Recognizing Tracy Velasquez
from the Middle School 4 years
ago John Crudele drags her out As project free made it their job to
again for another round of convince students that they did have
embarrassment. Here Crudele other choices besides drinking, drugs,
talks to the students about and sex, they also had a little help from
peer pressure and making the Nationally known John Crudele.
right choices in life. A graduate from the University of low a.
and currently living in Minneapolis Min
nesota. Crudele spends most of his time
in schools across America and Canada
speaking to audiences of students, teach
ers, and parents. His programs deal with
youth issues in the 90's. He has deliv
ered his speeches for over nine years."My
commitment is to challenge people's
thinking and empower students, parents
and teachers to choose a positive life
journey. I believe we as adults have the
responsibility to live the truth, so that the
children know it still exists," is what
Crudele instills in his audiences. Crudele
has won several awards such as a certi
fied speaking professional, and a the
Governor’s Volunteer Award from the
Governor of Iowa, for his outstanding
volunteer work.
Crudele sent the message to students
that they may make the wrong choices in
life, that's o.k. though: that’s life. He
commented on grief and teenagers, and
that there are people to help those indi
viduals suffering. Crudele touched, and
reached many students around the school,
and while some students thought it was
a waste of their time, others thought he
"I think that the basic message that may have benefitted them.
he was trying to get out was a good SANDY JONES
one, but he just doesn't know how Major Events
to do it right, personally I didn't
like him at all," Senior John Of 1993-94
Konopik said.
The Buffolo Bills lost to Jacqueline Kennedy
the Dallas Cowboys in Onasis, first lady of the
Superbowl game played
"John Crudele is a really on January 30, 1994, with 35th President, died on
good speaker. I think he a score of 30-13. May 19, 1994. She in
spired and supervised the
made everyone really authentic restoration of
think about what he was Richard Milhous Nixon, the White House interior.
the 37th President, died
speaking about," Senior
on April 22, 1994. He was
Janet Chandler said. remembered for his An earthquake that regis
tered 6.6 in 40 seconds on
achievements in foreign the Richtor Scale, hit Los
policy and for the tragic Angeles, California , and
Watergate affair and devastated many Ameri
"I thought John Crudele was just related scandals in which cans.
a waste of time; I thought he Nixon was so involved. He
resigned from office
was a little hypocritcal for never
August 9, 1974.
having experienced anything, I
felt like he was reading a
script," Sophomore Craig
Fitzpatrick said.
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