Jennifer Long’s sixth grade class at Ladoga Elementary graduated on Thursday. However, it was not to the junior high just yet.
The class celebrated the end of their 10-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program with a pizza party, a police K-9 demonstration and a small graduation ceremony.
School Resource Officer Jennifer Griffith of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office taught the program, which included age-appropriate education on drugs, violence, bullying, Internet safety and other high-risk circumstances.
In attendance at the graduation with Griffith were Chief Deputy Ryan Needham, Sgt. Jake Watson, Deputy Brian Riehle and his K-9 partner Ramses. Riehle showed off Ramses’ searching abilities and his obedience during a demonstration in the sixth grade classroom. Needham, Watson and Griffith presented all of the students with certificates of achievement and a D.A.R.E. bag that included items like bracelets and pencils.
This article was originally published on the Journal Review.
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