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Elementary Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program
Captain Danny Bottoms with fifth graders Cash Honeycutt and Tianna Corum who were Pine Hall Elementary D.A.R.E essay winners…
Survey: One-Third of High Schoolers Use Tobacco Products
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly one-third of high schoolers in eastern North Carolina use tobacco products, according to a recent release of North Carolina’s 2017 Youth Tobacco Survey. Over half of those smokers use e-cigarettes. All Brunswick County fifth...
As the drug crisis evolves, so does D.A.R.E.
The D.A.R.E. program has been around for a long time, but for local police departments like Canton’s, the name of the game is evolution…
Pitt County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Event
Deputy Will Judge, Sgt. Clemmie German, Deputy Freda Godley-Hines, Deputy Les Jackson, Deputy Lee Darnell, and Deputy Marcia Perkins as they sing Happy Birthday to a surprised family…
Reidsville Police Offers New D.A.R.E. Program To Tackle Opioid Crisis
The Reidsville Police Department is offering a new D.A.R.E. program to keep kids away from drugs…
Elementary School Students Will Soon Learn About Deadly Opioid Epidemic
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. – The growing opioid epidemic is such a concern that the D.A.R.E. program is creating special lessons across the nation to teach kids about it. Cabarrus County Deputy Keith Drake, the resource officer at Bethel Elementary in Midland, showed...
D.A.R.E. Program: Fifth-Graders Urged to Make Best Choices
Catawba County School System Superintendent Matt Stover was invited to Maiden Elementary School’s D.A.R.E graduation to deliver the keynote address. Stover expressed the importance of good decision making.
What Is Bullying? How It’s Really Defined
Bullying is defined by the federal government on the Stop Bullying website as “An aggressive or unwanted behavior used again and again, to isolate, harm or control another person. We teach about the four forms of bullying. Verbal, Social (Leaving People Out of Excluding Them), Physical and Cyber-Bullying.”
Fifth-Graders in Burlington Make Pledge to Stay Drug-Free during D.A.R.E. Graduation
Fifth grade students at Highland Elementary in Burlington made a public pledge Thursday to be drug-free during a D.A.R.E graduation. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, or D.A.R.E, has been a staple in schools and police departments for decades.