School Staff / Counselor Preparation

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“New Hanover County Public Schools has been honored to implement the Sold Out Youth Program over the past two years. This outstanding initiative has significantly increased awareness among students, staff, parents, and the broader community, while also fostering stronger communication between students and their families. Since its implementation, we have seen a notable reduction in student overdoses – an encouraging indicator of the program’s powerful and lasting impact. Thank you for this partnership opportunity!”
Julie Varnam

Assistant Superintendent of Student, , New Hanover County Schools, NC

“Thank you so much for sharing the Sold Out Program with our students. We really appreciate it, looking forward to using the curriculum and resources with our students and staff.”

Miya Thomas

Guidance Counselor, Dunn Middle School, NC

Sold Out Youth Foundation

SOLD OUT PROGRAM SCHOOL COUNSELOR
STAFF OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVES

Welcome to the Sold Out Youth Foundation (SOYF) Online Alcohol and Drug Abstinence Education Platform and Curriculum. For twelve (12) years SOYF has been delivering a comprehensive learning platform that effectively works in collaboration with school computer systems. Delivering PLA college accredited alcohol and drug education curriculum choices, and a powerful in classroom student video learning presentation. Our program tools are being effectively utilized by public and private school districts across our nation in elective courses, health / PE classes, and home room. Courses for Red Ribbon Week, athletic programs, after school programs, counseling, homework, and parental (PTA) and community engagement. Fentanyl poisoning is now the number # 1 Killer of teenagers in our country. Taking the lives of 22 students per week. 17.8% of high school students took a prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription (DEA). One of the most alarming stats that illuminates the critical need for student education on Fentanyl now is the following: 66.5% of high school seniors don’t see taking a narcotic like Vicodin, OxyContin, or Percocet once or twice as a great risk. In 2024, the DEA seized 80 million fake pills, and half contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation, stigma, and ignorance surrounding Fentanyl, but SOYF’s comprehensive education platform equips your schools and communities with vital resources that are saving lives.

Attached below is this year’s Sold Out Program’s simple school execution plan, tools and resources, and staff outline. We look forward to serving you, and continuing to provide vital life saving content for school administration and staff, parents, students, and community. Thank you for all you do for your students. Please feel free to contact us with any questions
E mail: soldouttv@gmail.com.

Sold Out‘s Mission is to educate, encourage, and challenge students to live a life of alcohol and drug abstinence in order to significantly lessen, if not eradicate, the number of young individuals who are dying each year from alcohol and drugs, specifically fentanyl.

Sold Out’s Purpose: Saving lives by providing a critical in school education program through online drug and alcohol abstinence education, and Fentanyl education. Providing student life skills training supporting school administration and staff, parents, and students K-4 through K-12. 

SOYF’s Program consists of four (4) main education platforms: School-wide Resources, Student Support Resources, Adult Support Resources, and Additional Resources. Each individually and collectively provides school staff a comprehensive, and cohesive cafeteria learning resource warning about the dangers of drug (Fentanyl) and alcohol use. In addition, going one step further, encouraging students with a proactive challenge to commit to a accountable three (3) step alcohol / drug abstinence pledge. https://soldouttv.com/the-sold-out-pledge/.

Sold Out Online Program Features: A proactive, risk mitigating, sustainable, measurable, turn key, flexible, online visual learning platform. Friendly student curriculum, staff / counselor training, and online parental education. Students miss little to no classroom time, and program requires no work on behalf of school principals, official website at https://soldouttv.com/. Sold Out addresses the Fentanyl crisis, offering a powerful PLA College Accredited Fentanyl Education Curriculum https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/.  SOYF features a powerful student video presentation, lessons with teachers guide, researched tools, video and web information page. Supported by a powerful high school athletic PSA community media strategy. Student response and school testimonials at https://soldouttv.com/testimonials/.

“The Sold Out School Program is heaven sent for school districts. “Sold Out” is a one stop shop of curriculum-based program, filled with knowledge, videos and other materials for our schools…. It really eases my mind to know that my students, staff, and administrators will be taken care of by being provided the knowledge needed to make better and informed decisions about drugs (Fentanyl) and their overall health.”
Montez K. Bishop Sr., MPA

Director of Student Services / Bertie County Public Schools, NC

I just want to start off by saying thank you for making our district and our city aware of the Sold Out Online Program that you have developed and continue to update. It was a quick turnaround for those of us here in the trenches, but I am really excited about what we were able to deliver to our students, parents and the staff members that saw the online presentation and videos.”
Cindy Weber

Counselor , Fontana Middle School, Fontana Unified School District, California

Our flexible teaching program and platform offers proven execution plans based on positive feedback from private and public school administration (Student Services / Support Directors), counselors, and students in multiple states. The program curriculum and online platform is proactive, risk mitigating, research driven, and student video friendly. It can be executed successfully in several different settings throughout the school year (see below). It only takes a few classroom minutes out of the entire school year to educate students, and keep them safe. Remember, 90 % of the teenage fentanyl poisonings are accidental because of a lack of education.

SOLD OUT FIVE (5) STEP EXECUTION PLAN

Program Priority:

1. School Staff / Administration
2. Parents
3. Students

  1. School Counselor and Staff Program Training
    Teachers / Counselors walk through program tools and program execution plan
  1. Sold Out Student Pledge Posters
    • PDF printable posters e mailed to your school at least one (1) week before student video presentation
    • Pledge posters go up in student high traffic areas for entirety of school year so all students have access and can participate
    • School JPEG pledge poster (Below) for homepage of all district and school websites (For entire school year)
    • SOYF provides student pledge comments / feedback with your school counselors within 2-4 days of student in classroom presentation
Example of Student Pledge Response

School: Dixon HS
Student: Page
What did you think: I never realized how dangerous drugs could be until Sold Out told us about Fentanyl. I now know that drugs can be a dangerous thing and you shouldn’t trust people telling you to take a random drug that they claim is something helpful because it may as well be Fentanyl

This is JPEG version for the homepage of your School Websites (stays up permanently moving forward)

Take the Pledge

Click the Poster to Connect to the Student Pledge Page

Important Statistics About Teenage Alcohol & Drug Abuse

  1. 66.5% of 12th graders don’t think it’s very risky to try a prescription narcotic other than heroin (codeine, Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet) once or twice. [1]
  2. Underaged drinking contributes to the 3 leading causes of death (unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide) among persons aged 12 to 20 years. [7]
  3. An estimated 2.1 million middle and high school students (8th–12th grade) started vaping nicotine between September 2021 and May 2024. [2]
  4. The DEA seized more than 80 million fake pills in 2023 and found that more than 6 in 10 pills were laced with fentany https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/ [3]
  5. 26% of 12th graders have used illicit drugs in the last year. [4]
  6. The brain isn’t fully developed until around age 25. This is why teens are more prone to risk-taking and why substance use can have lasting effects on brain function and decision-making. [5]
  7. More than 107,000 Americans died of an overdose in 2023 fueled by illicit fentanyl. [6]
  8. A groundbreaking study found that over 40% of individuals who began drinking before age 15 developed alcohol dependence at 4x the rate of those who waited until age 20 or older. (JSA 1997)
  9. Marijuana today is much stronger than it used to be. In 1995, it had about 3% THC (the chemical that causes a high), but by 2021, that number jumped to 15%. This higher potency increases the risk of serious mental health issues for teens, including psychosis and severe mental illness. [8]
  10. 16% of 10th graders have used marijuana in the last year. [9] And research tells us that teens (ages 12–17) are more likely than young adults to develop a substance use disorder after first trying cannabis or misusing prescription drugs.
  11. Teens who first used an addictive substance before age 15 are 6.5 times more likely to develop an addiction than those who wait until after 21. [10]

PARENTS

Right now, 66.5% of high school seniors don’t see taking a narcotic like Vicodin, OxyContin, or Percocet once or twice as a great risk.

In 2024, the DEA seized 80 million fake pills, and half contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.

PARENTAL LETTER NOTICE (Letter Attached Below) School point of contact sends parental letter through e mail or portal home to parents at least one week before execution of student in classroom video presentation. Educating parents on Fentanyl, and providing information on SOYF student drug and alcohol abstinence pledge. The goal is to get parents educated online with accurate researched drug and alcohol information, statistics, and tools and resources. Encouraging parents to equip themselves in order to better understand how to interact effectively with their students about drugs and alcohol. Letter includes education links to the Sold Out Online Fentanyl education program https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/ and student alcohol and drug abstinence pledge page https://soldouttv.com/the-sold-out-pledge/ .

DOWNLOAD PARENTAL LETTER

“I watched the Sold Out Alcohol Abstinence presentation for First Flight Middle School, where my daughter is a student. After viewing the online program together, we discussed the content, she took the pledge immediately after finishing ! ……. I am a proud mom with an equally proud student! I highly recommend the Sold Out Program as a regular, integrated program for Dare County Students to learn and grow!

Joan Brindley

Parent, First Flight Middle School, NC

  1. Parental Letter
    Drug and Alcohol Education Platform Link is included in parental letter. A permanent resource for all parents to educate themselves and learn about all of the pharmaceutical and street drugs (including Fentanyl) that can impact their students. A ongoing education platform allowing parents to access private, and government resources, and SOYF programming through their phones and computer devices in the privacy of their own home. The goal to prepare parents for an ongoing conversation with their students about drugs and alcohol.

    2. https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/ Password: parent100

DOWNLOAD PARENTAL LETTER FOR SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS
  1. Set a date for execution of in school classroom SOYF in classroom student presentation 
    • Click to see student video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEu6dH12OY 8:57
    • Sold Out Student Introduction – Video link above informing students all about fentanyl poisoning, the Sold Out alcohol drug abstinence pledge, summary to educate and familiarize students and school staff on accessing various tools and resources made available on the official SOYF website https://soldouttv.com/
    • In classroom presentation execution options: Elective class, home room, PE / health class
    • SOYF works with your school to plan execution date or week
    • Focus Grades ( K-4 Through K-12 ): Elementary 4th to 6th, Middle School, High Schools

DAY OF STUDENT PRESENTATION FACILITATOR INSTRUCTIONS

Set a date for execution of in School Classroom Student Video Presentation and Follow Up

  1. Immediately after the video, instruct students to access their devices to take the Student Alcohol Drug Abstinence Pledge
  2. Students go to www.soldoutttv.com Click on take the Sold Out Pledge or access QR code on Pledge Poster https://soldouttv.com/the-sold-out-pledge/
  3. Take minimum five (5) minutes and lead a discussion with your students asking them to respond to the four (4) important Fentanyl questions below (Reinforcing what they witnessed in the video)
Student Discussion Questions

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: ADDITIONAL STUDENT INFORMATION ON FENTANYL

  1. Student Fentanyl Education at top right of home page
    https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/
    Spanish: https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education-es/
  2. Three (3) minute student reminder video shown to students in classroom or assigned as homework opportunity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uR2lJvWBnM&t=9s
    Video Link 3:00 (Shown to students shortly after initial video presentation)
  3. Drug and Alcohol College Accredited Teaching Curriculum (Teachers Guide Inside) Fentanyl Education Classroom Curriculum 25-35 min (Find in link below)
    https://soldouttv.com/student-health-and-wellness-curriculum/ Password: student100
Parental and Staff Curriculum

SOLD OUT PROGRAM MAIN TOOLS

Sold Out Program Notes

  • Sold Out Website Program Tools- To be executed throughout the school year  www.soldouttv.com
  • Sold Out Student Pledge Posters: Physical PDF Pledge Poster and Online JPEG Poster (below)
  • Current Program Iterations: Home room, class room, elective classroom, homework, PE / Health, athletic programs, after school programs, summer school, PTA, SRO Program
  • Execution in conjunction with special programs like Red Ribbon Week, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, National fentanyl Awareness Day, etc (customized student pledge posters).

 

SOLD OUT PLA ACCREDITED CURRICULUM OFFERINGS (STAFF USE)

Student Health and Wellness Curriculum:
Password: student100 : https://soldouttv.com/student-health-and-wellness-curriculum/

Student Health & Wellness Curriculum Portal 

  • Curriculum (PLA Accredited) : Understanding Fentanyl, Impact of Drugs & Alcohol on the Adolescent Brain, Impact of Covid on Teenagers, Physical Fitness
  • Education curriculum teaching offerings (25-35 minutes each)
  • Teacher Guide Format Breakdown: Subject Offering, Discussion Questions, Skills Application, Testing
  • School Staff Portal: Password: student100 Student Health and Wellness Curriculum (PLA Accredited)

 

Roman with Students

SCHOOL STAFF AND PARENTAL CURRICULUM /
ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM

Staff Private Portal: Password: parent100 : https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/

Spanish Version – https://soldouttv.com/parental-staff-curriculum-es/

  1.  Researched Drug and Alcohol Education Platform: Student Friendly Fentanyl Understanding, drugs and alcohol, vaping, student wellness, dangers of social networking, etc.
  2.  Parental Curriculum: Equipping parents on all aspects of teenage drug and alcohol engagement and prevention (At Home) (Fentanyl Parental Training Program) https://facingfentanylnow.org/tool-box
  3.  School and Parental Tools: Drug and alcohol resources, research facts, links, tools, video, discussion items, and skills application
  4. Share Fentanyl Education Dead on Arrival 8:21 minute video with parents. Found under Fentanyl Education on website. Link also in parental letter.
  5. Teenage Fentanyl Statistics (Families Against Fentanyl) – https://www.familiesagainstfentanyl.org/press-releases/fentanyl-deaths-among-children-rising-faster-than-any-other-age-groupmore-than-tripled-in-just-two-years
  6. Parent Fentanyl Education Online Training Program – Facing Fentanyl – https://facingfentanylnow.org/tool-box/

Scroll down page to first video https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/

 

Student Character Development Videos

E-Learning Platform

Equipping students with the vital life skills that all successful people use to compete successfully.

  • Over 200 Videos: Promoting Sold Out Student Life Skills, Fentanyl Education, Alcohol Drug Abstinence, videos updated regularly.
  • Student Friendly: Educational, entertaining, and powerful. Short (1-3 minutes), move fast, targeted, high quality.
  • Role Model Mirroring: The videos effectively uses role model mirroring through the stories of high impact athletes, coaches, performers, educators, and business champions.
  • Available for classroom settings, after school programs, athletics, homework, come along classroom aids to introduce character and life skills information.
  • Counselor Application: 365 a year for staff and students to explore on their personal devices.

 

“I took the Sold Out Pledge. I think it’s good to teach kids about drugs to help them watch out for the bad drugs and to not buy medication off of the internet.”

Naveah

Student , Western Harnett, MS

Sold Out Main Video Links

Fentanyl Education –  https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/

Fentanyl Education (Spanish Version) – https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education-es/

Student In Classroom Video Presentation 8:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEu6dH12OY

Sold Out Student Fitness / Health / Wellness Page https://soldouttv.com/fitness-health-and-wellness/

Character Development Videos (Life Skills Page) https://soldouttv.com/365-sold-out-student-success-video-character-curriculum/

Sold Out Red Ribbon Week Page  https://soldouttv.com/red-ribbon-week-2024/

National Fentanyl Awareness Day.      https://soldouttv.com/national-fentanyl-awareness-day/

Sold Out Student Follow Up Video 3:00 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNU2f3xrP5c

Sold Out Fentanyl PSA (Will be customized to your school district) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdlywlsVW4\

Sold Out Narcan (Naloxone) PSA ( will customize for your school district) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j_nltspUdc

 

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