| The Sayre Police Department D.A.R.E. program was started in 1999 and continues into the year 2000 with a highly successful program that educates hundreds of children each year. In its first year, the Sayre Police D.A.R.E. program graduated 120 fifth graders from the H.Austin Snyder Elementary and Epiphany schools. The year 2000 will see that many graduate and many others educated as the D.A.R.E. program moves into the first through fourth grades with visits designed to orient children to the dangers of drugs and alcohol. |
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What is the D.A.R.E. Program? The D.A.R.E. program is a collaborative effort by DARE certified law enforcement officers, educators, parents, and the community to offer an educational program in the classroom to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among children and youth. D.A.R.E. is taught in grades 5 and 6 and is organized into seventeen 45-60 minute lessons to be taught by a law enforcement officer. The officer is assigned to the school one day a week for one semester to conduct lessons. D.A.R.E. offers a variety of interactive, group participation activities which are designed to encourage students to solve problems of major importance in their lives.Another important elemant is the use of student leaders as positive role models in influencing the younger students. |
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Who Teaches D.A.R.E. and Where?? D.A.R.E. in the Sayre Area School District is taught by Officer Steve Burlingame of the Sayre Borough Police Department. The classes are taught at the H.Austin Snyder Elementary School and Epiphany School. |
