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Brookfield Students Graduate from D.A.R.E.

Posted Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 6:00 pm ET|Updated Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:20 am ET

Our sixth grade students have spent the last twelve weeks of school working with Officer Dave of the

Brookfield Police Department learning the DARE curriculum. DARE is a nationally recognized program to

help students remain free from the influence of drugs and alcohol. This program emphasizes steps to

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take to make good decisions in any trouble situation. Students role play as a means of practicing the

DARE decision making model. This model closely resembles what our faith tells us to do; stop, think,

pray, choose. The model encourages students to clearly think through the consequences of all possible

responses in order to choose wisely. Our students graduated from DARE on February 7.

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