SASI is a prevention program that targets teams of student athletes enrolled in grades 10, 11, and 12 in North Carolina’s public high schools. The curriculum includes activities centered on leadership development, effective teamwork, and lifelong skills for healthy living. Click to download brochure.
Athletes are selected by their coaches and teachers and participate in a summer residential program followed by a variety of leadership activities held during the school year. Students selected should have leadership potential and an average or above academic record. A coach sponsor assumes responsibility for the SASI team.
GoalsSASI participants will learn about the following:
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My SASI Region
Each SASI region is composed of North Carolina counties. Please refer to the list below, which lists counties where schools are located.
Central SASI
TBD
Director: Teresa Coleman (tlcoleman@bladen.k12.nc.us)
Counties: Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, New Hanover, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanly, Union
Mountain SASI
TBD
Director: Dawn Lowe (dlowe@mhslive.net)
Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
Piedmont SASI
TBD
Directors: Heather Holt (heather_holt@abss.k12.nc.us) and Rachel Davis (rachel.davis@yadkin.k12.nc.us)
Counties: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wilson, Yadkin
Southeast SASI
June 23 – 26, 2022
Director: Kenesha Simmons (keneshasimmons@wcps.org)
Counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Sampson, Tyrell, Washington, Wayne

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