Fifth Grade has a program called DARE. It stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. They go through several weeks of lessons with a police officer. At the end, they all have to write an essay about what they have learned. For graduation, one person's essay from each class is chosen and that student reads it at graduation. Gabe's essay was chosen for his class.
Gabe and Seth waiting to read their essays. Seth looks cool as a cucumber...Gabe, well, maybe a little nervous?
DARE by Gabe Martin
This year I learned about DARE. Officer Mize showed me how to be drug free by telling me to say "No!" to drugs.
Saying "No!"to drugs will help you because if you smoke, it can cause yellow teeth and smelly breath, but worst of all is that it can cause lung cancer. Over 400,00 people have died from smoking. Did you know that there are over 200 known poisons in cigarettes? Smoking can cause dry skin and wrinkles. Smoking causes a lot of harm to your body, so if I were you I would stop or don't even start.
Officer Mize told us how to stay out of situations that involve drugs. Some ways to stay out of trouble is to avoid the situation by not going where drugs are expected. Two other ways to stay out of trouble is to use the cold shoulder and just ignore them or use humor. For example, if someone offered, "Do you want some marijuana?" You could answer, "No, I need all my brain cells."
Not only does smoking cause terrible damage, but alcohol also slows the body and brain down and if you drink and drive, alcohol slows down your reflexes so it is easier to crash. Alcohol is very dangerous. You should never drink and always stay from it.
I will never ever do drugs because they are very harmful and I pledge to be drug free!
As Gabe walked up to read, he received a medallion from Officer Mize.
Shaking Mr. Williams' hand and receiving his certificate.
Standing with some of his class.
Gatlin, Seth, Gabe, Luke, Marshall, and Parker
Gabe and Seth
Gabe and his teacher, Ms. Bellamy
This is awesome!
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