The Return of D.A.R.E.
Communities Bring Back D.A.R.E. to Their Classrooms
The opioid epidemic, legalization concerns, and need for improved community-police relations make D.A.R.E. curricula a high priority.
Read about the return of D.A.R.E. to the communities below:
Watertown Police Department: D.A.R.E. Program Reinstituted
Chief of Police John Gavallas (left) stands with Officer Jeff Desena, SRO at Watertown High School, who will teach the revitalized D.A.R.E. program to sixth graders at Swift Middle School this year. (Perugini photo). WATERTOWN — The Watertown Police Department has...
Geneva Police Department Works Toward Reviving its D.A.R.E. Program
Students attending Geneva City Schools will soon participate in a new program designed to educate students on the dangers associated with drugs. The Geneva Police Department is working toward reviving its D.A.R.E. Program, which is an education program that seeks to...
55 Freedom Students Graduate from D.A.R.E. Program
Fifty-five fifth graders at Freedom Elementary became the first to graduate from the recently re-instated D.A.R.E. program in the Waynesville R-VI School District on Friday, June 15. The two-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program – led by School Resource Officer...
Galion Sixth Graders Celebrate D.A.R.E. at Graduation Program
GALION — Warmer weather gives way to the graduation season for high school seniors. But it’s also a time for another type of graduation ceremony that focuses on younger students making a commitment to staying drug and alcohol free, and making good choices. Galion...
Manville Schools Welcome Back D.A.R.E. Program
Celebrating the graduation of 110 fourth-graders from the revived D.A.R.E. program at Roosevelt School are Somerset County Prosecutor Michael Robertson, Manville Police Det. David Sheffrin, who taught the course, Daren, the course's mascot, and Manville Police Chief...
Montgomery Bringing Back 2 D.A.R.E. Police Officers
Montgomery Police Officer Bruce Heddy receives his D.A.R.E. Officer certification from his training mentor, Officer Kate Proscia of the Branchburg Police Department. In the background is Rafael Morales of D.A.R.E. America…
D.A.R.E. Comes Back to Northside
Walterboro police officers helping to push an anti-drug message to a local elementary school. Students who attend Forest Hills Elementary in Walterboro will be receiving a D.A.R.E. course, thanks to new D.A.R.E.-Certified officer Rusty Davis. Davis is a Lance Corporal with the WPD who received his certification through the national anti-drug program last year.
D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Saranac Lake
SARANAC LAKE – After an eight-year hiatus, Saranac Lake School District has brought back the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. The D.A.R.E. program has been revised using a new “keepin’ it REAL” curriculum. Students are assigned to write an essay expressing their thoughts and ideas about what they learned during the D.A.R.E. program.
D.A.R.E. Returns to Anne Arundel County, Maryland
The return of D.A.R.E. to Anne Arundel County was announced by County Executive Steve Schuh, Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent George Arlotto, and Police Chief Timothy Altomare. D.A.R.E., which was part of the county schools’ curriculum from the 1990s to 2003, will be taught at Annapolis, Corkran, and Lindale middle schools starting in February this year.
