Pubdate: Tue, 30 May 2000
Source: Chief, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2000 Whistler Printing & Publishing
Contact:  http://www.squamishchief.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2414
Author: Ian Jacques

STUDENTS DARE TO BE DRUG FREE

Elementary Students Graduate From Anti-Drug Program

Students in Squamish have taken up the DARE challenge and are passing with flying colours. The first graduating classes from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program were honoured Wednesday night at Mamquam Elementary School and Thursday night at Garibaldi Highlands Elementary School (GHE).

DARE is a comprehensive education program designed to equip elementary children with skills to recognize and resist social pressures to experiment with tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

The program has been taught with great success by officers from the Squamish RCMP.

During Wednesday's ceremony Const. Wael Audi presented each student with certificates marking their completion of the program, students in Grades 5/6 presented skits on Ways to Say 'No' to drugs and DARE graduates presented their personal comments on the DARE program.

"Thanks to Const. Wael Audi and the DARE program I will never do drugs or drink alcohol," said Mamquam DARE grad David Metzler.

Mamquam DARE graduates: Christopher Aydon, Amanda Balmos, Courtney Banbury, Matt Brennan, Samantha Brennan, Vanessa Busch, Courtney Chapman, Mary Ann Colica, Christie Cunneyworth, Warren Daske, Bryson Drinovz, Sam Dunkley, Emmet Falconer, Megan Kent, Amy Knox, Chris LoGiacco, Alysha Loney, David Metzler, Theo Mills, Felicia Newman, Graeme Pedersen, Aja Peterson, Kira Pettigrew, Adriana Purdie, Rebecca Quiring, Holly Rourke, Britanny Swanson, Amy Sweeney, Thomas Vickerson, Nicholas Walkey, Renee Boyce, Jordan Eckersley, Hunter Green, Kale Lamarre, Landon Lyons, Daniel McDonald, Jagdeep Sangha, Devon Strom, David Thomson, Dorian Volkman, Shelby Yaky, Christopher Brocking, Daniel Carlin, Janice Cheer, Tony Destradi, Ramandeep Dhillon, Steven England, Alysia Hamilton, Jared Hartnell, Sheldon Hartnell, Jeremy Ladeur, Russell Lamb, Sarah Lewis, Sean Luckow, Brian MacLeod, Jennifer Mair, Carly Mihalick, Julien Siemens, Kari Wheeler.

Garibaldi Highlands DARE graduates: Caela Allaby, Kievan Blackwell, Amanda Bukowsky, Clayton Campbell, Jesse Davidson, Safeena Dhalla, Coral Douglas, Terry Fulton, Lisa Grantham, Kristen Hayden, Diana Ingram, Samantha Jenkins, Lucas Johnston, Nicholas Johnston, Sara Lariviere, Paige McKay, Zar Mercuro, Michael Monteith, Rachel Palmer, Ross Pattison, Curtis Phillips, Ian Reid, Katlyn Russell, Trevor Speidel, Naoimi Sturton, Lisa Swaffield, Jesse Weatherbee, Stephen Wilson, Benjamin Boyd, Ian Bruce, Jay Carreras, Angela Durig, Sara Ellis, Jeremy Ennis, Charlotte Hagedorn, Sarah Jarvis, Brittany Jordan, Wesley Kupret, Suzanne Lam, Nathan Lang, Melissa MacDonald, Daniel Mackellar, Jacqueline Maddocks, Jorge Madrigal, Joseph McGeough, Dustin Morrison, Aaron Nels, Brandin Potts, Tylor Potts, Candice Savage, Ria Schnell, Saren Smillie, Bonn Smith, Michael Vanzella, Eric Young.