Holley Elementary School held its Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program (D.A.R.E.) graduation ceremony during which 103 fifth graders vowed to stay drug free. The Holley Police Department sponsors the program and Officer David Sevor has been working with the students all year studying the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol, the legal ramifications of being caught using or carrying drugs, and more positive topics, such as building self esteem. As part of the program, students wrote essays about what the D.A.R.E. program has meant to them. Sam DeFilipps from Tricia Clark's class wrote the winning essay. Heather Fumia, Melissa Anson, Aaron Mullins and Samuel Beadle were runners-up. Fifth-grader Aaron Mullins reads his winning essay during Holley Elementary's D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony. Behind him is D.A.R.E. Officer David Sevor. June 18, 2006 |
