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D.A.R.E. grad ceremonies recognizes drug awareness education

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This year’s DARE grads (shown at left) were from Ms. Fyall’s and Mrs. Johnson’s grade five classes.

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