Being part of a "gang" is a normal part of growing up, because it meets a child's need to belong. Kids need to be surrounded by friend to make it through tough times and share the good times and happiness. But it's important to know the difference between good friends and bad friends.

Good friends:

respect each other and respect others

get together to have fun, talk, help each other, etc.

don't use violence and don't seek confrontation with other kids

don't take advantage of others to earn power and money

Bad friends:

want power and money and will do anything to get it

break the law and take advantage of others to get what they want

get together to defend themselves and confront other kids

commit crimes, sometimes very violent ones

Cartoon contest

"Choosing the right friends!" contest winners

Côte-Saint-Luc

• École La Mosaïque : Nadia Saritsky, Katia Gorshkova, Kimberly Calliste et Ana Ismachowiez

Finalists

Côte-des-Neiges

• École Iona 1: Helena Chen, Can Meng, Diana Munez
• École Iona 2: Samantha Fosado, Jing Shu Zhang, Sheela Pajarillo, Ailin Mir
• École Notre-Dame-des-Neiges: Kajanthi Sittampalam, Khristine Clemente, Charline Ortizo, Sarah Abergel, Priscila Hernandez San Juan

Montréal-Nord

• École Pierre-de-Coubertin: Pénélope Limoges, Alexandra Jodoin, Corinne Varin, Sara Boursier-Dupuis, Karine Janelle

 

 

Pointe-Claire

• École Saint-Louis: Érika Muzzo, Paola Escuderc, Andréa Akzam Colina, Rooby Hyppolitte

 

Rosemont

• École Sainte-Bernadette-Soubirous: Nathalie Avila-Diaz, Kayadri Ratnarajah
• Pensionnat Notre-Dame-des-Anges: Vincent Doutre, Valérie Lamenta, Chloé St-Jean

 

Saint-Léonard

• École Alphonse-Pesant: Lovely Alexandre, Anne-Lya Dorriélan-Alezi, Johanna Ramos-Castro, Mélissa Zapata-Ayala, Karin Haidar

 

Ville-Émard

• École Cœur-Immaculé-de-Marie: Marylou Brouillard, Sarah Daniali, Dominique Parent-Isabelle

In 2007 the SPVM held a cartoon contest called "Choosing the right friends!" 3,000 sixth-grade students from 67 public and private English- and French-language schools from the island of Montréal took part, with the help of 27 participating neighbourhood stations.

The team from the École de la Mosaïque in Côte-Saint-Luc won first prize in the contest. The cartoon was created by Nadia Saritsky, Katia Gorshkova, Kimberly Calliste and Ana Ismachowiez.

We courage you to view all ten of the finalists from this very colourful contest. Congratulations everyone!

Thanks to our partners

The police service wants to thank the entire school and police staff for their contribution to the success of this activity. Without their help, this project would not have been possible.