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PCA celebrates D.A.R.E. milestone
Pineywoods Community Academy students wore their D.A.R.E. shirts to school Thursday as the school marked the 41st anniversary of the creation of the program. Started in 1983, the "Drug Abuse Resistance Education" program, or D.A.R.E., was...
Building Relationships: How MPD’s D.A.R.E program seeks solutions to lower juvenile crime rates, drug use
From localmemphis.com
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — ABC24 is seeking solutions to problems in our city. During one of our Let’s Talk community listening sessions, one man shared his thoughts on kids and crime. He wrote a message that read, in part, “I wish there was a way to...
D.A.R.E. program returns to Hanover Area
From The Citizens' Voice
Hanover Memorial Elementary School held an event Thursday to mark the return of the D.A.R.E. program for fifth grade students. Officer Stephanie Velazquez of Philadelphia, one the program’s lead mentors, attended and joined some of the...
102 students graduate from D.A.R.E. program in southern Harrison County, West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Students at Lost Creek Elementary and South Harrison Middle School celebrated their D.A.R.E. graduation on March 21, culminating a 10-week long program that the fifth- and sixth-graders successfully completed in...
D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Costa Rica
The country of Costa Rica is conducting a D.A.R.E. Officer Training April 15-26, 2024, and is led by the country’s training coordinator and class facilitator, Major Franklin Ruiz. Additionally. The training is being done in collaboration with three mentors from the...
Minnesota D.A.R.E. 2024 Poster Contest Winner
A Roseau Elementary student was selected as the winner of the 2024 Minnesota D.A.R.E. poster contest. Anastyn is participating in the D.A.R.E. program, at Roseau Elementary School, under the direction of the Roseau Police Department. D.A.R.E. Officer Zach Manka...
18 New D.A.R.E. Officers Certified in Minnesota
Minnesota D.A.R.E. welcomed 18 newly certified D.A.R.E. officers from the 54th class trained in Minnesota. These officers completed their two weeks of training conducted by Minnesota D.A.R.E. and hosted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Minnesota D.A.R.E....
Jason Zitter, Outstanding Professional
From KidSafe Collaborative on Facebook: We are so delighted to start introducing this year’s wonderful Outstanding Service Awardees. First up is Corporal Jason Ziter, the school resource office in Winooski School District who...
Canadian Officers Certified to Teach D.A.R.E.
On March 11-22, 2024, a D.A.R.E. Officer Training was conducted at the Ontario Provincial Police Academy (O.P.P.) in Alliston, New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada. Officers from the region attended and were successfully certified to teach the D.A.R.E. Program. The...
Virginia Beach Sheriff Rocky Holcomb Appeals for D.AR.E. Program Funding
Sheriff Rocky Holcomb has asked members of City Council and the School Board to look for funding to reinstate the D.A.R.E. program in Virginia Beach. Here is the letter he sent to council and the board on Thursday. "It is my request to the Virginia Beach School...
Here’s what D.A.R.E. is teaching kids about weed
Aside from living through the first iteration of social media and being the final group to understand what an internet dial tone sound is, Millennials were also the first full generation to go through the classic Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program....
New D.A.R.E. Program Graduated 95 5th Grade Students in November 2023
From Derek Brown, School Resource Officer, Zillah Police DepartmentWe completed our first stint of D.A.R.E. back in November. We graduated 95 5th grade students from Zillah Intermediate School and had 4 fantastic essay winners. We had a guest speaker, our County...
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