Pasadena Memorial High School’s “Shattered Dreams” program will take place March 9-10 at the high school, 4410 Crenshaw.

One of the major activities of the program is a staged two-car, alcohol-related fatality accident at the intersection of Seminole and Crenshaw at 8:45 a.m., March 9, in front of the school involving student volunteers who are made up as crash victims. Sounds of the accident, the call to 911, voices of law enforcement and emergency responders will be played over the school’s public address system.

The comprehensive two-day program involves several activities that educate youth by dramatizing the problems associated with drinking and driving.  According to PMHS Shattered Dreams coordinator Barbara Jimenez, the event is planned by both community members and school personnel to show students how their dreams and those of their families and others can be shattered as a result of poor choices.

Assemblies at 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. on March 10 will include motivating speeches by participants, their parents and community leaders.  The assembly will include a mock funeral for the "victim" of the crash.  Throughout the event, teachers will have educational materials regarding drinking and driving to use in their classrooms.