Indus School Report
The Indus School sixth graders recently graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program run by Officer Jim Kennedy. He came to the sixth grade classroom once a week at 12:15 p.m. Tuesdays.
The D.A.R.E program is about a 10-week program in which Kennedy spends time talking with students about drugs and alcohol, and the dangers that go along with it.
Some of the material is informational, and facts and statistics are shared with students regarding drugs and alcohol.
An essay contest is sponsored each year and this year’s winners are: Cody Service, first place; Kerry Meyers, second place; Brianna Smuda, third place.
A special emphasis of the program is drug and alcohol usage prevention. Sixth grade teacher, Shane Swang, said, “Lots of dynamics go into that, including making good choices, thinking about consequences before making choices, and selecting good friends and good crowds to hang around.”
Kennedy discussed several scenarios with students, and students role-played proper responses to invitations or pressure to do drugs or alcohol. At the end of the D.A.R.E program each day, students were also allowed to ask Kennedy questions about drugs, alcohol, and other parts of his job as a policeman.
Sixth graders were very thankful to have the opportunity to have Kennedy to come to their classroom. Swang noted, “He was able to put some facts and scenarios to them that maybe hadn’t been thought of before.”
Thanks to Kennedy, the entire sixth grade learned a great deal, and is committed to making good choices regarding drugs and alcohol, going forward.
