Shannon Dennis, a fifth-grader in Deb Brock’s class, receives her DARE certificate from Coon Rapids Police Officer Ken Young at Hoover Elementary School’s 23rd annual DARE graduation ceremony May 30. Students graduated from DARE after completing a 10-week course where they learned about the negative effects of drugs and alcohol and the decision making model they should follow. Coon Rapids Police Capt. Cary Parks is pictured on the left. Photo by Bethany Kemming
Shannon Dennis, a fifth-grader in Deb Brock’s class, receives her DARE certificate from Coon Rapids Police Officer Ken Young at Hoover Elementary School’s 23rd annual DARE graduation ceremony May 30. Students graduated from DARE after completing a 10-week course where they learned about the negative effects of drugs and alcohol and the decision making model they should follow. Coon Rapids Police Capt. Cary Parks is pictured on the left. Photo by Bethany Kemming
Tobacco. Marijuana. Peer pressure. Decision making. These are just a few of the topics fifth-graders learned about through 10 weeks of DARE education before Hoover Elementary School’s 23rd annual DARE graduation ceremony May 30.
Coon Rapids Police Officer Ken Young, Hoover Elementary School’s DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer, taught them life lessons for dealing with peer pressure and decision making, as well as the harsh facts about drug and alcohol use. They even experienced some of the effects firsthand, by stumbling around and trying to walk a straight line while wearing “drunk goggles” that impaired their vision.
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