INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — D.A.R.E. Indiana Inc. has announced that Kristie Satterfield of Greenfield has been named the 2016 D.A.R.E. Indiana Educator of the Year.
Satterfield is the daughter of Bradford, Pa., residents Francis and Joyce Carloni.
D.A.R.E. Indiana’s mission is to provide training to law enforcement officers in order that they may provide children with the information and skills needed to make good decisions and help them lead safe and healthy lives.
D.A.R.E. — Drug Abuse Resistance Education — is a law enforcement-led series of classroom lessons delivered in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Satterfield is a teacher at Brandywine Elementary School in Greenfield, where she has taught for 20 years. She has served as the education advisor to the Indiana D.A.R.E. Training Center and as a member of the D.A.R.E. Indiana Training Team since 2011.
“Her passion is contagious. As with her own students, Kristie encourages the D.A.R.E. Officer candidates to want to learn, do their best, and succeed”,” said Michael F. Ward, CAE, executive director of D.A.R.E. Indiana. “We are very fortunate to have her as our state education advisor.”
This article was originally published on The Bradford Era.
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