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7th & 8th Grade Graduation with Mayor Tom Cochran graduating all of the graduates.

Avi    Zack     Jade      Hannah        Airk     Riley     Amanda     Polly    K.C.   Nick   Donovan

I really like the skits because they seemed like a real-life situation. For example, a scene was presented where kids went to someone's house to make basketball posters for the game. The parents weren't home, and the kids decided to drink beer from the fridge. I learned to make an excuse to leave the house and remove myself from the situation..

Now, when I tell other kids that I don’t want to use drugs because of certain side effects, the ones trying to get me to use them can’t tell me that I don’t know what could happen. With D.A.R.E., not only do I know what could happen to me if I take them, I have more confidence to speak up. I also have the support of my friends who are in the program with me.

Now I know how to say ‘No’ respectfully when someone tries to give me drugs. I learned this by performing in skits during class.

I was surprised by the alarming rate of how many kids use drugs, alcohol, and household products to get high. One especially interesting fact was learning that some kids pour paint into grocery bags and sniff it. They could die the first time they inhale

Using “I” statements, making eye contact instead of looking at the floor, and talking in a confident voice will help me to say ‘No’ to people who might try to convince me to take drugs.

You don’t have to do drugs to be popular. If a friend were to ask me to take drugs, I now know how to politely and respectfully say ‘No’, or make an excuse to leave. I could say, “My dad will go crazy on me if he found out I was using drugs.”

I learned how to say ‘No’ when being confronted to use drugs or alcohol. Finding the best way to sneak out of a situation or coming up with an excuse are two choices for getting out of an uncomfortable circumstance.

I learned how to respecfully decline if one of my friends or classmates offers me drugs. One excuse I could make is to say that I have to help my grandmother in the kitchen, and then I would leave.

Using drugs really messes up your body a lot. If I were to use drugs, they would have a negative effect on me just like the volleyball player used as an example in class. Not only would they mess up my liver and kidneys, but my ball handling would be off and so would my shooting. If I were to get caught, I could also have a police record.

I learned how to say ‘No’ respectfully. I would say I have to get home and do my chores or my mom would get mad.

I thought it was interesting that although we live in a small town and think people won't offer us drugs or alcohol, they can. At least now I know how to say NO.

 

 

 

 

Fifth & Sixth Grade D.A.R.E. Graduation

D.A.R.E. stands for Drugs are really evil.

There are over 200 known poisons in cigarettes. I learned that 7% of 8th graders smoke in America. Cops are doing a really good job to keep the number low.

I learned that smoking causes emphysema and what that means. It means that you have trouble breathing.

Taylor     Zoe      Rosalie          Aidan             Trevor           Trysten

 

 

 

 

PCP can absorb through your skin if you touch it so stay away from it. Tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana effects your entire body.

I didn’t know that smoking gave you bad breath, and it kills over 400,000 people every year. If you are younger, it causes you to not grow.

I didn’t know smoking caused mouth cancer. I thought the age limit for smoking was 21 not 19.

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