coming up on this week's edition of "teen kids news" -- teens who want to be tested for drugs. i'll tell you why. i'll give you a behind-the-scenes look at a sport that's really cool! hundreds of years before president barack obama, another african-american leader made history in this new england town. i'll have his forgotten story.

we'll experience a centuries-old art form, through the hands of a master sculptor. >> the news you need to know, next on "teen kids news." welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. illegal drugs are a problem at high schools across the country, but one school district has an innovative way to help students say no. this is wayne hills high school nin ner jersesey. it's home to "be proud," a completely volunta drug testing program. >> we don't want the school to seem like we are pushing the

program on people, we don't want to force it on them. we want them to take it and grasp it for themselves. >> my mom had told me about it, and i don't feel the need to do drugs or use alcohol in an abusive way. so, i keep myself positive and up-and-up. >> reporter: students who volunteer are tested for a variety of substances including alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. but "be proud" isn't about catching kids who are using drugs. it's trying to help them avoid drugs in the first place. >> when that kid sitting at a party and someone passes him something that he doesn't want to do, he can turn around and say "no, i cant do that. i'm in that 'be proud' program. my parents signed me up for it. and i could get tested monday, so i really can't do that." and it gives a kid an out. >> it's just a way out for me if i was ever peer-pressured into doing drugs. >> so you think this is going to be a good idea? >> i think it's going to be a great idea. >> reporter: here's how it works. first, the student and parents agree to be a part of the program. >> we didn't say you have to, we said we would like you to. and he didn't give us a hard time. >> doing drugs or drinking never occurred to me. i never thought i'd be doing stuff like that. >> reporter: each week, the dean asks his secretary to give him five random numbers. he uses those numbers to pick

five members of the "be proud" program to be tested. the random numbers guarantee that no student is being singled out unfairly. then, those five students are called down to the dean's office. >> excuse me, mr. summers? >> yes. >> can you please send brian dickman to my office, please? >> sure. >> thank you. they always walk in and say "what'd i do?" i say, "you didn't do anything. you're not in trouble. but as a member of our "be proud" program which we're very happy that you are, your number came up today." "oh that's all? good." >> it's a little nerve-racking. but i know that i'm clean, so no need to worry about it. >> reporter: each student takes a urine test. 48 hours later, the results are in. and then when the results come back and they are negative, you know, we send them out a little card "congratulations, great job, keep up the good work, we're proud of you," that type of thing. >> it wasn't just that i tested negatively, they actually

congratulated me that i was doing like a good thing. >> reporter: but what happens if the test finds evidence of drugs? >> what the be proud does is if we identify a child as being positive, there's no disciplinary taken on the first offense. >> reporter: instead, the student is sent to a drug treatment program to get any help needed, and the police never find out about the results. >> if a kid tests positive, we are never told. we don't want to know. >> the kids who were tested positive were able to get help from others, just like to stay off of the drugs and everything. >> i did have a girl say to me, "thank you very much for providing this. i now know i am not alone at this high school. i have other people who are exactly like me and are looking to stay on the straight and narrow and to be positive and productive." >> it's almost like we're all clean and good kids. so, it's good to be friends with people like that. >> reporter: right now, about 400 students are in the program, about 10% of the school. but "be proud" is growing rapidly, and that's something everyone can be proud of. for "teen kids news," i'm felipe. there's a new kind of energy

being generated in japan, the power of footsteps. special flooring tiles in train stations vibrate when people walk on them. that vibration is captured for energy, enough to light up nearby signs. i guess you could say when it comes to the challenge of finding new energy sources, japan is really "stepping up." just ahead, doctors who go above and beyond. >> we'll be right back. new revlon colorburst lipstick. impossibly light feel, intensely rich color. revlon colorburst lipstick. now save $3 on colorburst lipstick by visiting revlon.com. ld you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned."

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pediatrician from new york city. he just finished his residency. that's a three-year training program for doctors. his schooling was complete, but where he'd start his career was still uncertain. that's until he found out about doctors without borders. >> i had always wanted to do humanitarian work, and i was lucky enough that a few of the residents from our residency program ahead of me worked with doctors without borders. so they came back and did some presentations about it and got me interested, and i figured out this is what i wanted to do after residency. >> reporter: doctors without borders has missions in over 80 countries throughout the world. liberia is a country on the western coast of africa. they were at the end of a 14-year civil war. there were thousands of homeless refugees living in shelters made of nothing but wood and plastic. many people were in great need of dr. wan's medical attention. >> being a pediatrician, i was hoping my mission would be

geared more toward kids, but when they told me i would have to be a doctor for everybody, i was a little afraid. but when i got there, i was fine because i would say 70%, 80% of my patients were kids. >> reporter: this is a different world than what we are used to in the u.s. like the refugees, dr. wan lived with no running water or electricity, but making the adjustment was not the biggest issue he faced. >> it was a team of three. myself, which is one doctor, one nurse and one administrator. the three of us were sent out there for three camps of 60,000 people, so there was no time to think about adjusting. >> reporter: dr. wan dealt mostly with the effects of malnutrition. a lack of food will make you get sick easier. the challenge then became treating people without the benefits of modern medicine. basic medical equipment, like x-ray machines, were not available. doctors had to learn to use other methods to treat their patients. doctors don't get paid for their work with doctors without borders, but dr. wan says you can't put a price on the satisfaction of what he

accomplished. as a matter of fact, he is planning to head out on another mission very soon. >> it's like this is what i was trained for, you know? i didn't go to medical school to deal with insurance, medicaid, all that. i went to medical school to help people and you just feel that a lot when you're over there. >> reporter: for "teen kids news," i'm jenna. we all know smoking is bad. and most of us know secondhand smoke is a health hazard, too. now, scientists are saying that thirdhand smoke can also be harmful. that's when smoke particles linger in hair and clothing.

now, erika shares a lesson on speed skating with us and answers the question, "what is a zamboni?" no, it's not a pastry or a musical instrument. >> reporter: did you ever wonder where ice skating began? it is said to have originated in

scandinavia more than 3,000 years ago. long before the vikings existed, skating served as a practical method of traveling across frozen rivers and streams. not only could it get you where you wanted to go, it could get you there fast. but it wasn't until skating reached the land of windmills and wooden shoes that it took on a whole new dimension -- speed. >> speed skating started hundreds of years ago in holland, when people put bones on their boots to travel on the canals. when they restarted the winter olympics, probably in 1924, speed skating became one of the competitive sports. >> reporter: today, there are several categories of speed skating. >> short-track speed skating, which is what we do on a hockey rink on a 111-meter track. the more traditional speed skating, especially in europe,

is 400-meter track speed skating, which is skated on long-track skates. and then there's another type of speed skating that is especially popular in holland called marathon speed skating, where the distances go from 50 up to 200 kilometers. >> reporter: if you follow the olympics, you probably know that speed skating is much different than figure skating and ice hockey skating. but did you know that the types of skates used for each event are also different from one another? >> well, the figures skates and hockey skates would be more traditional. they have a much higher top for support. the blades are much shorter. they have what we call a hollow in the middle. the blade is not flat on the ice. there's actually an opening in here. on the speed skates, the blade is much longer for gliding. the blade is completely flat on the bottom. they're also fixed.

but the boot is much shorter and that allows for more flexibility and ankle bend. the other speed skate that we use would be for 400-meter tracks or lake skating. and this is called the clap skate. and the blade actually comes off the back of the skate, so when you push going around the corners or down the straightaways, you get a little bit more speed out of each acceleration. >> reporter: carol and the club members were kind enough to bring along a pair of speed skates for me. i've skated before, but these skates take some getting used to! unlike me, many of these club members are already on the road to skating success. carol is a north american short-track champion. chris is fifth in the nation in long track. claude is a three-time national champion and ian, a new york state championships competitor. how did you first get interested in speed skating? >> my dad was a speed skater when he was little. he came here.

>> my mom also as well skated when she was younger. >> the first time i saw speed skating, it was during the 2006 olympics. i wasn't really the athletic type, so i decided to pick up a pair of skates and try my best. >> reporter: so, what's involved in the training? >> speed skating involves several different kinds of training. you want to be very strong and very fit to be on the ice, and then you also have to develop the technique. it's very graceful. so, hopefully we would be roller skating or bike riding or running during the summer, and doing some other exercises that we call dry training, because they're simulated skating but they're really off the ice. and that's to build your strength and your acceleration muscles. >> it's very tough, especially when your mom is your coach. so she's always hounding you to do your training. >> reporter: so, what's the ultimate goal for these young athletes? >> ultimately, it's the olympics, but each season you

make, like, season goals as how we want to do during the season. but ultimately, it's making the olympics. >> i definitely want to go to the olympics. it's a high goal, but you know what, if you don't have goals, then you're not going to go anywhere. >> reporter: that's true. but even for those of us without olympic dreams, i discovered something new. speed skating is a great way for people from age 5 to 75 to stay fit while having fun. and by the way, a zamboni is the machine that smoothes the ice in a skating rink between events. the name comes from the man who invented it in 1947, frank j. zamboni. okay, i think i'm getting the hang of this. for "teen kids news," i'm erika!

shades of harry potter! a professor at emory university says love potions are actually possible. he says falling in love may be due to a chemical reaction. in the near future, scientists

say we may be able to re-create an elixir of love in a lab. thanks, but i'll stick to the old-fashioned method. wenthworth cheswell probably isn't a name you've learned in history class, but one new hampshire man is trying to change that. tyler has the story. >> reporter: here in the small town of new market, new hampshire, history was made with a first in american politics. >> i found out about wentworth cheswell, and i've been, you know, obsessed by wentworth ever since. >> reporter: so why is he obsessed? because wentworth cheswell was the first black american to be elected to public office. >> his first elected position in town was as a town constable. >> reporter: but cheswell didn't stop there. almost every year for 50 years, he held some kind of elected office. >> town selectmen, town auditor, town assessor, town lot layer, which today would be called a surveyor, town coroner. >> reporter: so how did cheswell get his start?

>> wentworth cheswell was born april 11th, 1746, and his father, hopestill, was a well-to-do carpenter. hopestill was a mulatto, half-black and half-white. hopestill was able to put enough money together to send wentworth, his only son, to the governor deemor academy in byfield, massachusetts, for a four-year private boy school education. >> reporter: an amazing feat for the time. >> when you stop and think about that for a minute, 1763, and this person who has african-american heritage, he's going to get a four-year private boys school education. how many people do you think wereormally educated back then?

>> reporter: by 1770, cheswell owned more than 100 acres of land and also held a pew at the new market meeting house. >> it was his education that really set him apart from everybody else and everybody realized that he had something that nobody else in town had. education was something cheswell wanted to give back to his community, too. he and three other men incorporated the very first ever library that existed in newmarket. back then, books were very expensive and only a select few could afford books. so, these men got together and they said, "well, you know, it's important that people should learn how to read and read books and we've got these books so why don't we start a library and people can borrow books from us?" >> reporter: and one more interesting fact, wentworth cheswell rode from boston to new market to alert everybody that the british were coming, just like paul revere. in newmarket, new hampshire, i'm tyler for "teen kids news." with global warming, polar bears have been running out of arctic ice, so they can't hunt for their usual food. now it seems the bears are learning to like something new -- goose eggs. and that could be good news, because the goose population up there has been growing.

the images from haiti are heart-breaking-- homes, hospitals, and schools destroyed; families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9.

visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. it's time for our word of the week, meritocracy -- m-e-r-i-t-o-c-r-a-c-y. a meritocracy is a system in which people advance on the basis of talent and achievement. some people say a meritocracy encourages people to try harder. confucius improved government in ancient china by replacing favoritism with a meritocracy. sculptors from valencia, spain craft beautiful lladro porcelain figurines. kristen visited the lladro boutique and got to see how a lump of clay becomes a work of art. >> reporter: from the 7th to the 14th century, china was one of the world's most advanced civilizations. silk, paper and the compass originated there. but perhaps one of china's most

beautiful products were sculptures made from the ceramic material we call porcelain. the name, though, actually comes from a franco-italian word, porcellana. that's a small, translucent seashell. europeans also referred to porcelain as "white gold" because of the great value they placed in its beauty. and sometimes, porcelain is simply called china, in recognition of its origins. but in 1708, europeans discovered the secret to making their own type of porcelain. this opened the door to new designs and uses. now, fast forward a couple of centuries, to the year 1953. three brothers from a small spanish town, juan, jose, and vicente lladro, set up a porcelain workshop on the family farm. the company prospered, and today, lladro is one of the world's largest and most respected producers of porcelain art. >> it's a pleasure to have today with us francisco polope, who is

a master sculptor from the city of porcelain in valencia. >> reporter: francisco polope joined lladro as an apprentice. just 14 years old, he ran errands, made molds and painted decorations. through his talent and hard work, he has become one of lladros' top artists. >> it's very delicate. it's a very delicate material, but it's very easy, because you can actually make all the little details that you would not be able to create in other materials, like the tiny flowers or ornamental details that you wouldn't be able to work on other materials. >> how do you develop such a steady hand? >> you have to practice a lot. it's like, uh, say a soccer player. if you don't train, it's not going to work. so it's the same thing. you have to practice a lot. you always have to be practicing, moving your hands and your head.

>> reporter: patience is also a virtue, because the sculptor's hands must remain steady for weeks at a time. >> it depends on how big the piece is. actually, this one, for example, something like this size and complexity, could be ready in about three weeks for the modeling part. then you would have to add all the other parts involving in the process of creating it in porcelain. and then for example, cinderella's arrival, two years to create, just for the modeling part of it. and then, about three years to complete in porcelain. and then, for example, a piece like the dragon took him about six to eight months to model, and then more than one year to complete, also in porcelain. >> reporter: because of their complexity, porcelain sculptures must sometimes be designed in pieces called fragments. they are then joined together at a later stage of the production. >> a piece like this, for example, would only have four fragments -- the head, the arms

and like the rest of the body. a piece like this, for example, the dragon, has 79 molds or fragments and then a piece like cinderella's arrival has almost 300. so, it depends how big the piece is, how complex. >> reporter: i first became interested in the art of ceramics years ago. of course, my favorite piece was always the one i was actually able to complete. so, i wondered, which of francisco polope's sculptures is his favorite? >> every time he creates a new piece, it becomes his favorite. it's always the last one. >> reporter: each piece is a new challenge. each time you start something, it's a new challenge. but, as we can see here, the results of those challenges can be astounding. oh, and there's one more thing

you should know. while porcelain is widely known for its use in art and sculpture, it also has practical uses. dental porcelain is used to make caps, crowns and false teeth -- something that can really bring a smile to your face. for "teen kids news," i'm kristen. that's it for this week's edition of "teen kids news." thanks for joining us. >> have a good one! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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