What is DARE DARE Officer school Contact Information	Law Enforcement Partnership: Police, Schools and Parents Working together to prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse DARE Officer Trooper Sunshine Ponzetti PonzettiS@Michigan.gov Back to Top Local DARE Schools Gaylord Intermediate School Johannesburg Elementary School St. Mary’s Cathedral Elementary School Vanderbilt Elementary School Back to Top
What is DARE The Otsego County D.A.R.E. program has been in this county since 1987. The D.A.R.E. curriculum teaches 5^th and 6^th grade students skills on how to resist the pressures to experiment with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. There are 10 lesson modules in the D.A.R.E. curriculum, reinforced with family support activities. The D.A.R.E. officer works in partnership with the schools and parents to give a clear and consistent message about the dangers of drug, alcohol and tobacco use. Parents are a very important part of the curriculum, with information being sent home with their child after every lesson module. D.A.R.E. students are taught a decision making model which is then used with scenarios on possible real life situations. The model, which is used throughout the entire curriculum, is DEFINE the situation or challenge, ASSESS the choices, RESPOND with confidence and EVALUATE the choice made. Back to Top
	For More Information: Contact Michigan State Police,  Gaylord Post  563 South Otsego Avenue, Gaylord  Phone: 989-732-5141 Back to Top
Last Revised:  05/24/2006
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