What is D.A.R.E.
By Cassidy Stacken on December 21, 2017
D.A.R.E. is a program that teaches students how to handle problems like peer pressure, assessing the situation and coming up with viable solutions, choosing how to respond and evaluating the outcome. D.A.R.E. is taught to K-12 students in thousands of schools in America and fifty-two other countries. However, only the B-E fifth graders participated. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug, Abuse, Resistance and Education and was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, California.
“When the students participate in D.A.R.E., they learn how to deal with different types and situations of peer pressure. [Our] students learned a lot and enjoyed the calls too. They had D.A.R.E. for ten weeks from 12:15 to 1:00 on Tuesdays and the D.A.R.E. class was held in my room. It was sponsored by the McCook county sheriff’s office,” Bridgewater-Emery first grade teacher Kari Saarie said.
Along with Mrs. Saarie, Mrs. Weber oversaw the B-E D.A.R.E. project, too. Every Tuesday they had a class and the children participated in activities as well as informative classes. Following these classes, a D.A.R.E. graduation was held at the Bridgewater site. At this graduation, the children were celebrated for finishing the D.A.R.E. program.
Previously, Candice Stahl won an essay contest with her essay about D.A.R.E. and its impact. She presented this essay at the D.A.R.E. graduation.
D.A.R.E. address drugs, violence, bullying, internet safety, and other high-risk circumstances that today are too often a part of students’ lives. This program has helped raise awareness of common problems, has taught students how to cope with them and even avoid them.
“When the students participate in D.A.R.E., they learn how to deal with different types and situations of peer pressure. [Our] students learned a lot and enjoyed the calls too. They had D.A.R.E. for ten weeks from 12:15 to 1:00 on Tuesdays and the D.A.R.E. class was held in my room. It was sponsored by the McCook county sheriff’s office,” Bridgewater-Emery first grade teacher Kari Saarie said.
Along with Mrs. Saarie, Mrs. Weber oversaw the B-E D.A.R.E. project, too. Every Tuesday they had a class and the children participated in activities as well as informative classes. Following these classes, a D.A.R.E. graduation was held at the Bridgewater site. At this graduation, the children were celebrated for finishing the D.A.R.E. program.
Previously, Candice Stahl won an essay contest with her essay about D.A.R.E. and its impact. She presented this essay at the D.A.R.E. graduation.
D.A.R.E. address drugs, violence, bullying, internet safety, and other high-risk circumstances that today are too often a part of students’ lives. This program has helped raise awareness of common problems, has taught students how to cope with them and even avoid them.