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Friday, December 21, 2018 Vol. 53, No. 48 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
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Team Beaufort observes Wreaths Across America
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Bolden elementary hosts D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony Story and photos by: Cpl. Debra Sainer Bolden Elementary School held a graduation for fifth grade students who completed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, Dec. 17 on Laurel Bay. The D.A.R.E. program is a ten week course that teaches students about the effects of drugs and violence. “At this point, they are developing and getting ready for middle school, where they’re going to have a lot more decisions to make, a lot more coming at them, changes in themselves and their friends” said Cpl. Chris Stephens, a Police Officer with School Resource Officer at Bolden Elementary. “I think it is important to instill good decision making skills at this age. Now when they go to middle school and their friends are trying to get them to do something they know they shouldn’t, they know how to say no.” D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 as a police officer-led series of classroom lessons. The police officers educate children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. “I try to be the best role model I can be” Stephens said. “I strive to be someone they can look up to and respect. They don’t think of me so much as a police officer; they think of me more as the person they talk to everyday at lunch and in the hallways.” D.A.R.E. has proven so successful that it is now being implesee dare page 4
Photo by Cpl. Debra Sainer
Cpl. Chris Stephens congratulates a student on completing the of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program at Laurel Bay, Dec. 17. The goal of the program is the educate students on the danger of substance abuse. Cpl. Stephens is the school resource officer.