D.A.R.E.
D.A.R.E. Mission (Nationwide Program)
The D.A.R.E. Mission: “Teaching students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives”
The D.A.R.E. Vision: “A world in which students everywhere are empowered to respect others and choose to lead lives free from violence, substance abuse, and other dangerous behaviors.”
A Vital Mission… to Fulfill a Vision
• Founded in 1983 by Los Angeles Police Department, today more than 15,000 D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officers and deputies are in over 10,000 communities nationwide educating America’s youth and serving as the first line of defense in America’s schools.
• The D.A.R.E. program is taught in all 50 states, and 49 other countries. All curricula are science-based, age appropriate, and written by a national panel of curriculum and prevention experts. The D.A.R.E. curricula meets the core educational standards of health, language arts, and math.
• D.A.R.E. meets the needs of communities and schools as it relates to “bullying”.
• The basic 80 hour D.A.R.E. Officer Training (DOT) allows a police officer to teach both the elementary curriculum and the middle school curriculum.
• D.A.R.E. has new elementary and middle school curriculum, keepin’ it REAL (kiR). The D.A.R.E. kiR middle school curriculum is an evidence based program listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
• A D.A.R.E. Instructor must be a uniformed law enforcement officer, meeting the minimum training standards for peace officer status in his or her state of residence, and who has completed the equivalent of two years as a peace officer with full police powers.
D.A.R.E. at St. Gabriel School
The Whitehall Borough Police Department’s D.A.R.E. Program began in the fall of 1993 with classes at Whitehall Elementary School, St. Gabriel School, and Harrison Middle School. The program initially targeted 5th and 6th grades with two uniformed instructors. The program has since grown to cover : Whitehall Elementary, St. Gabriel School, Paynter Elementary, St. Elizabeth School, Harrison Middle School and Baldwin High School. The Whitehall Borough Police Dept now reaches out to students in grades 3 through 12th in the Baldwin Whitehall School District, St. Gabriel’s and St. Elizabeth’s with over 4,000 students each year participating in the DARE Program.
The Program is based on:
• Equipping elementary school students with skills for resisting social and peer pressures to experiment with tobacco, drugs and alcohol.
• Utilizing teachers, parents and community leaders when assessing risky decision making at school and home.
• Assisting students with a working solution when they are confronted with violence, anger and bullying by other students.
At St. Gabriel School, students in 5th grade participate in the program, which lasts for six weeks. During this period, Officer Dave Artman from the Whitehall Borough Police Department visits the 5th grade class several times each week for lessons. The program culminates in a ceremony where each student receives a certification for participation. In addition, each student is asked to write an essay about what they have learned in the D.A.R.E. program. Two essays are selected to be read during this ceremony.
The D.A.R.E. Mission: “Teaching students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives”
The D.A.R.E. Vision: “A world in which students everywhere are empowered to respect others and choose to lead lives free from violence, substance abuse, and other dangerous behaviors.”
A Vital Mission… to Fulfill a Vision
• Founded in 1983 by Los Angeles Police Department, today more than 15,000 D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officers and deputies are in over 10,000 communities nationwide educating America’s youth and serving as the first line of defense in America’s schools.
• The D.A.R.E. program is taught in all 50 states, and 49 other countries. All curricula are science-based, age appropriate, and written by a national panel of curriculum and prevention experts. The D.A.R.E. curricula meets the core educational standards of health, language arts, and math.
• D.A.R.E. meets the needs of communities and schools as it relates to “bullying”.
• The basic 80 hour D.A.R.E. Officer Training (DOT) allows a police officer to teach both the elementary curriculum and the middle school curriculum.
• D.A.R.E. has new elementary and middle school curriculum, keepin’ it REAL (kiR). The D.A.R.E. kiR middle school curriculum is an evidence based program listed on the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
• A D.A.R.E. Instructor must be a uniformed law enforcement officer, meeting the minimum training standards for peace officer status in his or her state of residence, and who has completed the equivalent of two years as a peace officer with full police powers.
D.A.R.E. at St. Gabriel School
The Whitehall Borough Police Department’s D.A.R.E. Program began in the fall of 1993 with classes at Whitehall Elementary School, St. Gabriel School, and Harrison Middle School. The program initially targeted 5th and 6th grades with two uniformed instructors. The program has since grown to cover : Whitehall Elementary, St. Gabriel School, Paynter Elementary, St. Elizabeth School, Harrison Middle School and Baldwin High School. The Whitehall Borough Police Dept now reaches out to students in grades 3 through 12th in the Baldwin Whitehall School District, St. Gabriel’s and St. Elizabeth’s with over 4,000 students each year participating in the DARE Program.
The Program is based on:
• Equipping elementary school students with skills for resisting social and peer pressures to experiment with tobacco, drugs and alcohol.
• Utilizing teachers, parents and community leaders when assessing risky decision making at school and home.
• Assisting students with a working solution when they are confronted with violence, anger and bullying by other students.
At St. Gabriel School, students in 5th grade participate in the program, which lasts for six weeks. During this period, Officer Dave Artman from the Whitehall Borough Police Department visits the 5th grade class several times each week for lessons. The program culminates in a ceremony where each student receives a certification for participation. In addition, each student is asked to write an essay about what they have learned in the D.A.R.E. program. Two essays are selected to be read during this ceremony.