Drug Abuse Resistance Education "DARE to keep kids off drugs!"

D.A.R.E. is a comprehensive drug and violence prevention education program that equips students with the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. The seventeen lessons, taught by a specially trained officer, offer a variety of interactive, role playing and cooperative learning activities which are designed to encourage students to solve problems. The program begins by strengthening the self esteem of the fifth grade students. Students are taught to recognize dangerous situations as well as strategies to to safely get out of such situations. Students learn to recognize and resist the peer pressures that cause them to experiment with drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. D.A.R.E. teaches kids how to be assertive and to deal with peer pressure by saying no effectively. Students learn about the dangers of drugs and gain self-confidence through role-playing. They also add learned vocabulary to their DARE workbook and complete exercises in the workbook to reinforce the lesson taught in class.

As culminating activities the students write a paper titled "Taking a Stand" which is a personal promise not to use drugs and perform a skit demonstrating some of the skills learned in DARE. The finale is DARE graduation where the students get a certificate and a T-shirt. The winning DARE essays are read by the authors and the skits are performed. Students end the DARE program by enjoying a pizza party.

D.A.R.E. is a collaborative effort between the police department, school, parents, and community leaders.

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