Program Updates and News

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TGFD - Maximizing Life - High School

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Drugs High School, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture. 

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Quality Assurance in the Bonding and Relationships lesson for easier student understanding of the activity. 

The Effects of Nicotine Use on the Brain and Body lesson has been updated to include vaping and nicotine pouches.  The Brain Scans in the Effects of Alcohol use on the Brain and Body and the Effects of Marijuana Use on the Brain and Body have been changed to teenage brains in an effort to make the images more relatable to the students. 

Maximizing Life High School is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Bring It Home Newsletters, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

TGFV - A Peaceable Place - High School

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Violence High School, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture.    

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Quality Assurance in the Bonding and Relationships lesson for easier student understanding of the activity.  The Bit Review activity in the Social Media Awareness and Course Review lesson has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.   

A Peaceable Place - High School is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Bring It Home Newsletters, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place - High School

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated bundle of TGFD - Maximizing Life and TGFV - A Peaceable Place,  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture.    

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Quality Assurance in the Bonding and Relationships lesson for easier student understanding of the activity.  The Bit Review activity in the Social Media Awareness and Course Review lesson has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.     

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place High School is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Bring It Home Newsletters, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

TGFD - Maximizing Life - Grade 8

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of TGFD - Maximizing Life Grade 8, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture.    

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Spend or Save in the Making Responsible Decisions lesson to increase student interaction.  The Effects of Nicotine Use on the Brain and Body lesson has been updated to include vaping and nicotine pouches, and an activity has been added to for students to identify and apply the stages of addiction and the short-term, long-term, and social consequences of nicotine use.

The Brain Scans in the Effects of Alcohol use on the Brain and Body and the Effects of Marijuana Use on the Brain and Body have been changed to teenage brains in an effort to make the images more relatable to the students. 

Maximizing Life Grade 8 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

TGFV - A Peaceable Place - Grade 8

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Violence Grade 8, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture.   

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Spend or Save in the Making Responsible Decisions lesson to increase student interaction.  The What’s the Deal? activity in the Identifying and Managing Bullying Situations lesson has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.

A Peaceable Place Grade 8 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place - Grade 8

2026 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Drugs and Too Good for Violence Grade 8, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Some graphics and role play language have been updated to reflect current trends and student experiences and to ensure they are relevant, age-appropriate, and aligned with today’s student culture.    

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons. 

Activity changes include a redesign of Spend or Save in the Making Responsible Decisions lesson to increase student interaction.  The Effects of Nicotine Use on the Brain and Body lesson has been updated to include vaping and nicotine pouches, and an activity has been added to for students to identify and apply the stages of addiction and the short-term, long-term, and social consequences of nicotine use.

The Brain Scans in the Effects of Alcohol use on the Brain and Body and the Effects of Marijuana Use on the Brain and Body have been changed to teenage brains in an effort to make the images more relatable to the students. 

The What’s the Deal? activity in the Identifying and Managing Bullying Situations lesson has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.  

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place Grade 8 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

TGFD - Maximizing Life - Grade 7

2025 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Drugs Grade 7, updated scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  The Effects of Nicotine Use on the Brain and Body lesson has been updated to include vaping and nicotine pouches. 

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons.

Activity changes include a redesign of the Grandma’s House scenario in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson and Drone Zone in the Effective Communication lesson to ease instruction.  The Toxic Concentration activity has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.  

Maximizing Life Grade 7 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

TGFV - A Peaceable Place - Grade 7

2025 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated edition of Too Good for Violence Grade 7,  updated scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons.  The anger management lesson includes an activity introducing healthy ways to manage anger. 

Activity changes include a redesign of the Grandma’s House scenario in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson and Drone Zone in the Effective Communication lesson to ease instruction. 

A Peaceable Place Grade 7 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place - Grade 7

2025 Edition

Coming Soon - Available Late Spring 2026

In this updated bundle of TGFD - Maximizing Life and TGFV - A Peaceable Place, scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications. 

The Effects of Nicotine Use on the Brain and Body lesson has been updated to include vaping and nicotine pouches. 

The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons.

Activity changes include a redesign of the Grandma’s House scenario in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson and Drone Zone in the Effective Communication lesson to ease instruction.  The Toxic Concentration activity has changed for easier student understanding of the activity.  

Maximizing Life and A Peaceable Place Grade 7 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

TGFD - Maximizing Life - Grade 6

2025 Edition

Now Available

In this updated edition of Too Good for Drugs Grade 6, updated scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  Effects of the Misuse of Prescription medicines and Over the Counter Medicines and the Effects of Street Drugs Use have been consolidated into a single lesson to better compare the similarities between the effects of misuse of these drugs.  The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons.    

Activity changes include the addition of the Clouded Judgment activity in the Effects of Alcohol Use on the Brain and Body lesson to review the knowledge and practice the skills developed in the lesson. 

Maximizing Life Grade 6 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

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TGFV - A Peaceable Place - Grade 6

2025 Edition

Now Available

In this updated edition of Too Good for Violence Grade 6, updated scenarios and situations include more technology related interactions, environments, and applications.  The student workbook has been updated to reflect the changes in the lessons.    

Activity changes include enhanced approaches to conflict resolution in the Anger Management lesson for students to practice the skills and strategies necessary to calm down a situation.  Enhanced Cyberbullying information and scenarios were added to the Identifying and Managing Bullying Situations lesson. 

A Peaceable Place Grade 6 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

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Too Good OST

Now Available

Students take their learning to new heights in this interactive evidence-based prevention education program developed for the out-of-school environment. Too Good OST addresses primary prevention skills and applies them in the Peace Building learning sets and Making Healthy Choices learning sets. 

Too Good OST offers developmentally appropriate activities for young learners ages 5-11 in three activity sets tailored to the readiness at each age group. Each age group builds on previous levels developing the skills sequentially with engaging, age-appropriate activities.

Every fun, exciting, inventive activity featured in Too Good OST is designed to meet the needs of the students at their age and cognitive ability. The activity sets introduce, practice, and reinforce essential prevention concepts through a variety of positive, age-appropriate activities including games, stories, and songs.

Too Good OST is  supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Talk It Out Activities, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

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Too Good for Drugs Grade 5

2024 Edition

Now Available

In this update, learning objectives and activities have been introduced to promote positive digital citizenship skills development.  Scenarios, role plays, and interactive learning activities feature online and in person scenarios for introduction, application, and practice of the program’s skills and strategies in virtual interaction environments.  The course aims to increase student adoption of the role of positive digital citizen as they practice and develop the skills and expectations of the digital citizen. 

Activity changes include the addition of the Good Call puzzle in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson for student practice in the skills necessary to interact with others online in appropriate and respectful ways.  

The Cosmic Cleanup game board is removed from the Student Workbook and is now a kit item. The Space Race activity in the course review is replaced by  Mission to Space. Space Walk activity is replaced by Ground Control in the Peer Refusal lesson.

Too Good for Drugs Grade 5 is now supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

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Too Good for Drugs and A Peaceable Place Grade 5

2024 Edition

Now Available

In this bundle, learning objectives and activities  promote positive digital citizenship skills development.  Scenarios, role plays, and interactive learning activities feature online and in person scenarios for introduction, application, and practice of the program’s skills and strategies in virtual interaction environments.  The course aims to increase student adoption of the role of positive digital citizen as they practice and develop the skills and expectations of the digital citizen. 

Activity changes include the addition of the Good Call puzzle in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson for student practice in the skills necessary to interact with others online in appropriate and respectful ways.  

The Cosmic Cleanup game board is removed from the Student Workbook and is now a kit item. The Space Race activity in the course review is replaced by  Mission to Space. Space Walk activity is replaced by Ground Control in the Peer Refusal lesson.

Too Good for Drugs and A Peaceable Place Grade 5 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

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A Peaceable Place Grade 5

2024 Edition

Now Available

In this update, learning objectives and activities have been introduced to promote positive digital citizenship skills development.  Scenarios, role plays, and interactive learning activities feature online and in person scenarios for introduction, application, and practice of the program’s skills and strategies in virtual interaction environments.  The course aims to increase student adoption of the role of positive digital citizen as they practice and develop the skills and expectations of the digital citizen. 

Activity changes include the addition of the Good Call puzzle in the Setting Reachable Goals lesson for student practice in the skills necessary to interact with others online in appropriate and respectful ways.  

A Peaceable Place Grade 5 is now supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions.

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Too Good for Drugs Grade 3

2022 Edition

Now Available

In this update, the Otto Matic robot toy has been replaced with an Otto Matic poster in the Curriculum Kit.  The Student Workbook has been updated to align references with the Otto Matic poster.  

The “Troubleshooting” activity instructions have been modified to ease instruction.

Instances of the term “tobacco” have been changed to “nicotine” in many instances in the lesson script and activities in Lesson 10: It Still Stinks.

Too Good for Drugs Grade 3 is now supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

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A Peaceable Place Grade 3

2022 Edition 

Now Available

In this update, the Otto Matic robot toy has been replaced with an Otto Matic poster in the Curriculum Kit.  The Student Workbook has been updated to align references with the Otto Matic poster.  

The “Troubleshooting” activity instructions have been modified to ease instruction.

A Peaceable Place Grade 3 is now supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

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Too Good for Drugs & Violence  Grade 3

2022 Edition

Now Available

The Expansion Unit for Grade 3 has been discontinued and has been replaced with a combined program incorporating the Substance Use prevention and Character Education and Bullying Prevention lessons from Too Good for Drugs and A Peaceable Place into a single 15 lesson volume.

All of the changes in the Grade 3 programs outlined above are included in this program.

Too Good for Drugs & Violence Grade 3 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions. 

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Seeds of Nutrition Grade 6

2022 Edition

Now Available

Students navigate their way to a healthy future in Seeds of Nutrition for Grade 6.  This research-based prevention curriculum prepares children to prioritize their personal health through a better understanding of the role their choices play on their health.

Lessons present the roles of the five essential nutrients, hydration, rest, and exercise in healthy body function and health.

Seeds of Nutrition Grade 6 is supported in the Too Good Lesson Resources Center with access to downloadable content including Home Workouts, Evaluation Instruments, Lesson Visuals, Parent Letters, and Activity Instructions

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