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Tahlequah Police Department
D.A.R.E.
(Drug Abuse Resistance
Education)
A cooperative effort between law
enforcement and schools, to teach students to resist drugs and violence.
The
Tahlequah Police Department has four certified D.A.R.E. officers;
Steven Arnall, Randy Jordan, Brian Stanglin, and Brad Robertson.
These officers teach the D.A.R.E. curriculum at all Tahlequah Public Schools
as well as surrounding areas including Keys, Tenkiller, and Grandview Public
Schools. Lessons are taught in the first, third, fifth and seventh grades.
Some of the topics in the first and third grade lesson plans include:
Personal Safety, How to Say No, and How to Handle Conflict. Decision making
is focused on heavily in the fifth grade curriculum, while the seventh grade
lessons focus more on how to take charge of one's life.
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