“I am humbled and flattered to receive the D.A.R.E. Lifetime Graduate Award. Safety and making good decisions will follow through with our students for their entire lives. Good decision making results in positive self-esteem and an attitude (with the) ability to make themselves great citizens.”
– Andrea Cook
This week, the City of Springboro Police Department and Springboro Schools held their 2019 1st Quarter D.A.R.E. Graduation. Before the presentation of D.A.R.E. diplomas, Sgt. Don Wilson presented Andrea Cook, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, with the Lifetime D.A.R.E. Graduate Award for her many years of work with the D.A.R.E. program at Springboro Schools.
D.A.R.E. is an Evidenced Based Prevention Program taught at Springboro Intermediate by Sgt. Don Wilson, Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Springboro Schools. D.A.R.E. works through a proud partnership with the City of Springboro.
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