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GPA Clubs provide leadership building events and activities
while educating students about the risks associated with
premarital sex. The goal of the GPA is to encourage and train
students to be abstinence advocates. GPA Clubs also provide
a network of support to students who have chosen abstinence.
The message promoted by the GPA is that abstinence is the only guaranteed way to prevent STD’s and out-of-wedlock births. The
club pledge is ‘I promise to abstain from all sexual involvement
from this day until I marry.’ There are 309 GPA Clubs
throughout the state.
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Summer Leadership Camp (June)
is the “kick-off” event of the school year. GPA Club leaders are trained in their roles as officers and learn practical ways of delivering the abstinence message to their schools and communities. Clubs prepare promotional tools that are ready for use when the school year begins. Students meet others from around the state who also hold themselves to a higher standard while participating in leadership training, team competitions, skits, and recreational activities.
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Fall Regional Conferences (Oct.)
the only GPA event open to all students, faculty, and parents, brings the abstinence message to the regional level. The event offers speakers, student testimonies, skits, and group interaction.
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Winter Legislative Caucus (Jan.)
gives students the opportunity to experience the legislative process in action. Held on a Saturday at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, GPA Club officers participate in a mock legislative session debating abstinence-related bills in the chamber of the House of Representatives.
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Spring State Convention (April)
held in Baton Rouge, offers exciting speakers and competitions. Students can participate in individual oratory and poetry slam. They can also participate in team competitions that include extemporaneous speech, quiz bowl, skit, PowerPoint, mini-commercial, PSA, and t-shirt competitions. Awards are given for most accomplished GPA Club, Distinguished Service, and Student Leadership. The final day consists of a rally on the State Capitol steps and lunch at the Governor's Mansion.
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Monthly Meetings
Club sponsors hold monthly meetings during which a lesson from the GPA curriculum is taught. Lessons include such topics as “Peer Pressure and Choosing the Right Friends,” “How Far Is Too Far and How to Say No,” “STDs,” and “Dreams and Goals and Unwed Parents.”
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Projects
Club members promote the abstinence message in their schools and communities through four annual projects: Orientation Day (Sept.), STD Awareness Day (Nov.), Abstinence Appreciation/Pledge Ceremony Day (Feb.), and Recruitment Day (April). The faculty sponsor handbook, as well as, the club officers’ handbooks suggest ideas for all of these projects.
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DC Trip
Winners of the Distinguished Service and Student Leadership Awards take part in an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they receive leadership training and take daily excursions to see the monuments and historical sights. These students help to plan and organize the four major events of the year.
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CURRICULUM CLIP
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Do not try to imitate the intimacy of marriage in dating. Sexual activity is never a shortcut to a good relationship. On the contrary, it prevents the relationship from growing and developing normally.
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