St. Francis Borgia High School shares advantages of ‘Healthy Lifestyles’ with visiting eighth-grade students

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Students broke into small groups for activities at the Healthy Lifestyles program, held at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School last week for area eighth-graders. Borgia upperclassmen, who led the program, wore pink shirts. The white T-shirts were given to the eighth-graders at the event.

Peer pressure can be a good thing, when a teen's peers spread the right message. At St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, that message is simple: Don't do drugs and alcohol; live chastely; respect your parents; stay active; eat healthy; strive to be a good student and a good friend.

The Borgia message is called "Healthy Lifestyles," and it's one that the high school has shared with neighboring Catholic elementary schools for more than a decade.