The grade five students of Similkameen Elementary- Secondary School graduated from this year’s D.A.R.E. program on Wednesday, March 16.
A number of dignitaries were on hand to lend formality to the event, including Keremeos Mayor Walter Despot, Mrs. Diana Thomas, (representing MLA John Slater) RCMP Constable Pam Scheidl and RCMP Corporal Hayden.
The D.A.R.E. program is focussed on elementary students in the hopes of delivering a strong message on misuse of drugs and alcohol prior to firsthand exposures that they may be exposed to in the students teen years.
Auxilary Constable Troyce Beglaw became an instrumental part of the program this year, when he agreed to head the D.A.R.E. program for South Similkameen. He instructed the students through a series of ten Wednesday lessons at the SESS grade five classes of Ms. Fyall and Mrs. Johnson.
A number of parents were on hand for the assembly, which included skits by the students as well as a number of testimonials from the graduates, expressing pledges to avoid substance abuse as a result of having taken the program.
Kalika Archachan
Hail Bent
Aliya Bickner
Garrett Bishop
Caroline Brunton
Cedar Carter
Tyler Fitzgerald
Simran Gill
Lawrence Herder
Lynden Humber
Colton Lagace
Chase Mair
Kalyx Malek-Parker
Nicole Matthews
Chelsea Matzick
Dharmpreet Mundi
Samantha Passmore
Benjamin Pijnnaken
Brody Porter
Payton Pozzobon
Evan Reichl
Nate Reid
Tyler Ross
Niko Sage
Nakoma Squakin
Taya Vissia
Travis Walta
Tyrell Allison
Chelsea Banman
Noah Baxter
Parampreet Bengag
Josh Bilodeau
Hassan Brar
Parmeet Brar
Joshua Chaicomdee
Bryan Deyaeger
Baldeep Dhaliwal
Simran Dhaliwal
J.C. Dyck
Katelyn Forner
Ethan Hartfield
Alex Helm
Sheena Louie
Dillon Marsel
Brooklyn Mason
Mason Odinson
Aija Otto
Dylan Pashak
Tiranen Shuster
Calaya Simpson
Max Todd
Sydney Wabnegger
Alice Wyman
Savanna Yamamoto
Sasha Zebroff
