The D.A.R.E. program is starting up in schools this fall. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons creating more interaction through fun learning activities during the lessons. The program is taught to all students in the 5th and 6th grades in the public and private schools within Draper City.
The D.A.R.E. curriculum challenges students by having them participate in active learning. The benefit to the students is the strong foundation of decision-making skills that they apply to real life situations about the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and inhalants. These important decision-making skills are acted on through a spiraling set of group and paired activities. The students are actively engaged as they learn how to cope with the pressures associated with adolescence.
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