NEWS RELEASE
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

DATE:  October 19, 2007

FIRST D.A.R.E. GRADUATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ANNOUNCED

The first D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) graduation
of the school yearfor the Batesville School District will be held
on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 1:00 pm in the Batesville Sixth
Grade Campus auditorium. 

A special agent from the Little Rock field office of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration will be our guest speaker.

D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) began in 1983 in Los
Angeles, CA by the Los Angeles Police Department. D.A.R.E. is
now taught in 75% or our nation’s school districts.

A police-officer led series lessons, the D.A.R.E. curriculum teaches
kids about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other
drugs. D.A.R.E. also teaches kids about peer pressure and how to
resist drug offers. Positive alternatives to drug use are emphasized
in order to live drug-free lives.

D.A.R.E. is being taught for the very first time this year in the
Batesville School District.

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