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School Section A • Pennington County Courant • May 16, 2013• Page 8
Graduating class of Drug Abuse Resistance Education program
Wall fifth graders graduate from D.A.R.E. class. Pictured back row: from left to right ... Alexa
Dunker, Samantha Deutscher, Deputy Rick McPherson, Kole Gallino, Kassidy Sawvell, Andrew
Law, Stacy Fischer, Korra Westby, Tacia Osterber and Ash Grenstiner. Front row: from left to right
... John W. Deering, Luke Harris, Zack Hout, Aidan Brunnemann, Dylan Huether, Cale Baus, Rheagan
Zebroski and Enoch Cuny.
~Photos Ann Clark
The Wall Elementary fifth grade
class received certificates, pencils
and red t-shirts on Thursday, May
9, when they graduated from the
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
(D.A.R.E.) program.
Deputy Rick McPherson instructor
for the program and Robert
Schoeberl shook hands and congratulated
students as they came
forward to receive their awards
from Superintendent Dennis
Rieckman.
Deputy McPherson taught the
program to 15 fifth graders who
were taught skills to avoid alcohol,
drugs or tobacco, peer pressure and
bullying.
Deputy McPherson said, “The
big topic of the program this year
was helping students with peer
pressure and bullying.” McPherson
announced the winners of the essay
contest: first - Aidan Brunnemann;
second - Zack Hout; third - Kassidy
Sawvell.
D.A.R.E. officers also pick one
person from the class who is an exemplary
role mode in-class as well
as out-of-class. McPherson announced
that Lola Kleinschmidt
was the deserving recipient of the
D.A.R.E. mascot stuffed animal,
named Darin.
Students in the class also received
basketballs and volleyballs
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from the school for graduating
from D.A.R.E. by Principal Chuck
Sykora.
D.A.R.E. report first place winner
Aidan Brunnemann essay:
My class and I started D.A.R.E.
at the beginning of January for 12
weeks. The first thing I learned
was what D.A.R.E. means. It
means two things, Drug, Abuse,
Resistance, Education. The other
one, the decision making model,
means Define, Assess, Respond,
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Evaluate. This is what D.A.R.E.
means. But I didn’t learn just that.
I learned the damage, and how to
say no to drugs, alcohol, smoking,
marijuana, and inhalants. But the
thing is, deep within, we know it is
wrong these drugs and alcohol.
That is why there’s D.A.R.E., to
help you say no.
I said the majority of what we
learned in D.A.R.E, drugs, alcohol,
smoking, marijuana and inhalants.
But there were a few
things I forgot to say we learned.
We learned peer pressure, personal
pressure, problem solving
and bullying. There are tons of
drugs, like methamphetamine, cocaine,
tobacco, nicotine, the list
goes on and on. As for alcohol, that
is a colorless liquid made from the
fermentation of sugar, found in
some drinks, whereas too much
can damage your brain cells, make
you have memory lapses and make
you have slurred speech. The ads
might say alcohol is great, but the
people who put those signs up, are
trying to make money. None of
those ads are the least bit true.
Some people do the same thing
with cigarettes, they say they are
great, but they really block up your
lungs with tar, there are 200
known poisons, and once you start
the nicotine makes you addicted.
Those are the dangers of drugs and
alcohol.
So, I learned all that in 12
weeks. My D.A.R.E. instructor
Deputy McPherson taught me a lot
I will never forget. Life is short
enough, don’t bother making it
shorter. Yeah well that is what is
going to happen if you smoke, do
drugs, and drink alcohol. It doesn’t
seem like it is worth it. I have to
say, I really like D.A.R.E. it taught
me a lot.
I, Aidan Brunnemann, on this
day in May, pledge to be drug and
alcohol free for the rest of my life,
and when I am in a pressured situation,
I will do the right thing
and make the right decision. I will
always refer to my D.A.R.E. decision
making model.
D.A.R.E. report second place
winner Zach Hout wrote: The past
12 week we’ve been in D.A.R.E.
Dare is a program that tells kids
about drugs, smoking, drinking
and bullying and so on. Our
teacher for D.A.R.E. was Deputy
McPherson. Now I am going to tell
you what those so ons are. I
learned a lot in D.A.R.E. it was
fun.
D.A.R.E.stands for Define Assess
Repond Evaluate that one is
for problem solving. It also stands
for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
I guess that one is what the
cops call it. I like what the cops call
it. It sounds cool.
Problem solving is a big part of
D.A.R.E. For example one of your
friends would walk up to you and
ask if you would want a beer. What
would you do? That’s were
D.A.R.E. comes in Define: what’s
the problem. Asses: your choices.
Respond: use the facts and the information
that you gathered. Evaluate:
did you make a good choice.
There are five kinds of peer pressure,
common peer pressure, indirect
peer pressure, heavy peer
pressure and bullying peer pressure.
It is hard to say or react
when somebody is giving you any
kind of peer pressure. Your face
turns red and you get nervous.
Drugs are very bad this is what
D.A.R.E. tries to tell you. Tobacco
is bad for you. Here are some
things that are bad. Smoking
causes heart disease, lung cancer
and the tar in it blocks your
breathing. It has 200 poisons in it.
Marijuana make you lose your
memory, you have slower reflexes.
If you want to play sports, marijuana
in not a good thing. Drinking
also slows down your reflexes.
Alcohol damages every organ in
you body, it can lead to coma and
then death. It is very bad, never,
ever do it because you can die the
very first time. It is called huffing.
I learned a lot during D.A.R.E.
First I learned what D.A.R.E.
meant. I learned a lot about drugs
and smoking. I learned that drinking
can cause slower reflexes, and
I didn’t know what huffing was.
And that tobacco has nicotine in it.
nicotine is a drug that gets you addicted.
Marijuana tobacco and inherence
hurts your brain, mouth,
throat, lungs, heart and liver.
I am glad we did D.A.R.E. It was
fun and I learned a lot. I want to
say thanks to Deputy McPherson
for telling us about drugs, tobacco,
marijuana, huffing and more.
D.A.R.E. was a lot of fun and I
learned a lot.
I, Zach Hout, swear that I will
not smoke under the age of 18 and
I will not drink under the age of
21or do marijuana, cocaine, or any
kind of other drugs. I pledge to
stay drug free for the rest of my
life.
Third place for the D.A.R.E. report
went to Kassidy Sawvell, who
wrote: I learned a lot about the use
of drugs and how they are bad for
you. Like tobacco, it causes breathing
problems, heart disease, lung
cancer, it has 200 poisons, and it
has nicotine in it. Marijuana, alcohol,
and inhalants are bad for you
too. I also learned about peer pressure
and problem solving. There is
a problem solving model of
D.A.R.E. It is Define Assess Respond
Evaluate. That is how we
learned to solve problems. First
you Define, describe the problem.
Then you Assess, think of your
choices. Next you respond, make
the decision. Last you Evaluate,
review your decision. D.A.R.E. also
means Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
We learned how to say no
to bullies and you should never
stand up to a bully alone. You
should always be a good friend and
never make them do things they
don’t want to do.
Tobacco is not the only drug, or
the worst drug. Marijuana also
causes breathing problems, short
term memory loss, cancer and
makes it so you can’t concentrate
very well. Same as every other
drug it is addictive, and they all
have nicotine in them. Have you
noticed that almost every where
you look there is a picture that has
someone smoking or drinking on
it? Did you notice that most of the
people in the pictures or videos are
young? That is because the people
that sell the product think they
will sell more drugs to young people
because they have a longer life
than someone that is fifty and
starts drinking or smoking. Signs
and banners are not the only type
of peer pressure. Sometime in your
life you are going to have peer
pressure. Whether someone pressures
you to drink or smoke. Someone
might even tempt you to steal
something. Remember to do what
you know is right and when or if
you say no always have facts to
back you up and always look the
person directly in the eye when
you talk to them. Once you look
the person in the eye you already
have the battle half won. Little
things like that can help you immensely
through life and all the
problems that you could have.
Since January, Deputy McPherson
taught my class how to deal
with every day problems. It has
been the most fun I have had all
year. I will always remember to
never do drugs until I’m old
enough to handle them. I will always
try being the best friend and
I won’t pressure my friends to do
what they don’t want to do.
I, Kassidy Sawvell, pledge to
stay drug free and make healthy
choices. I will try to avoid negative
peer pressure and put an end to
bullying.
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This is the last column of the
2012-13 school year and we have
had an eventful year with many
ups and downs.
I want to extend congratulations,
good luck, and Godspeed to
three long time educators. Lola
Kleinschmit, Stuart Kitterman,
and Mary Ellen Grayot are retiring
after decades of service to the
students in the Wall School District.
These three outstanding teachers
will be missed by the students
and staff.
With these retirements come
changes to the staff at the school.
The following changes have been
made for the next school year: Mrs.
Marlie Trask will move to Kindergarten;
Ms. Kelly Frentz will move
to first grade; Mrs. Rachel Mc-
Conaghy will move to fourth
grade;
Mrs. Karol Patterson will move to
fifth grade; Mrs. Ashley Kier will
teach fifth-eighth math and geometry;
Mrs. Jeanine Sykora will
move to Title and elementary
music; Mr. Shawn Cutler will
teach fifth science and high school
science; Mrs. Mary Roeder was
hired as 9-12 English teacher and
Mrs. Lorayna Papousek was hired
as the teacher for Big White.
As indicated there is a lot of
movement and change which will
bring some growing pains.
We do have a few assistant
coaching positions to fill, but for
the most part we are staffed for
the next school year.
The other big change for the
next school year deals with security.
We will have another set of
doors installed at the end of the
foyer area at the east entrance of
the school.
Students and staff will be the
only people allowed past this area
without a pass.
We will lock all outside doors
during the day.
The east and southwest entrances
will have a camera, intercom,
and buzzer system to allow
visitors in the building once they
are indentified.
The outside doors will be unlocked
at the beginning and end of
the school day to allow for students
entering or leaving.
We will also replace the glass in
our entrances with a laminated
safety glass.
All these changes are made for
the safety of our students.
Parents will not be allowed in
the hallways to pick up their children
or go to the classroom without
a pass.
All children will be dropped off
and picked up in the east foyer. We
will all need to make adjustments
and iron out the details to make
the system work.
We will be graduating 22 seniors
on Saturday at 1:30 in the gym.
The rest of the students have
their last day of school on Thursday,
May 23 with dismissal after
lunch for the elementary and
sometime after 11:00 a.m. for middle
and high school students.
The high school students will
have semester exams on Wednesday
and Thursday, the 22nd and
23rd.
As we move into the summer
season remember to make responsible
decisions, be safe, and enjoy
your summer.
Please check around the house
for any library books, textbooks,
power cords for computers etc. this
week. We always have power cords
and books come up missing.
All bills will also need to be
taken care of before the end of the
school year.
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