Overview of
Classroom and
DARE
Training
OVERVIEW: In
designing a comprehensive plan to combat substance abuse in the community, we
felt that one piece of that plan needed to be universally administered classroom
training. We selected the DARE program to serve as the core curriculum at fifth
grade and then built around that in other grades - taking into consideration the
school's basic health curriculum as well.
 Each of
our classroom components is described below. More detailed information on each
of them can be obtained by using the drop down menus above or by clicking on the
links in the text of this page.
Second
Grade Safety Lessons:
This is a series of 4 short lessons, in each second grade classroom, that
introduce the DARE officers and emphasize personal safety, medicine safety, and
similar issues. It concludes with a simple tobacco themed presentation by Dover
Youth to Youth called Samantha
Skunk, which features costume characters acting out a story. Click
here for an Overview
of the 2nd grade curriculum or go to the Second Grade pull
down menu above.
Fourth
Grade TRUTH About Tobacco Lessons:
This short curriculum focuses on tobacco consequences [Lesson #1] and then
follows with information on how the tobacco industry advertises to hide those
consequences [Lesson #2]. Click here for an
Overview of the 4th grade TRUTH curriculum or go to the
Fourth Grade pull down menu above.
Core
DARE Curriculum:
This is a 10-unit program that is taught weekly in Dover
fifth grades over the fall and early winter. This comprehensive program focuses
on topics such as underage drinking, marijuana, tobacco, media, peer pressure
and decision making. We have added to the Core DARE program to further expand
the message and power of the program, including these components (go to the 5th
grade pull down menu above for more information on
DARE in Dover or an
overview of the 5th grade
lessons – or any of the following components of our fifth grade program):
An
expanded
DARE essay contest.
Each year
men and women from the
University of NH Hockey
Team come in to be role models and talk to the students about the importance of
excelling in sports by staying drug free.
Each
student completing the DARE program is eligible to receive a laminated photo ID
that they can use at local store for a discount. Click here to go to the
Drug Free ID section of this web site.
 Parents
of Fifth graders are invited to participate in a series of 2-hour night classes
called the Dover Parent Program to help them understand what is being taught to
their kids. Click here to go to the
Parent Program section of this web site.
Other
Classroom and School Assembly Presentations:
We have
developed a
Sixth
Grade classroom Presentation on Alcohol and the Brain.
Each
year Youth to Youth students provide a presentation to all 8th graders called:
The
8 Things the Alcohol Industry Doesn't Want You to Think About,
which focuses on underage drinking consequences and how the industry's
advertising minimizes or hides the real risks - with particular emphasis on the
risk of sexual assault of young drinkers. Click here to go to the
Youth to Youth section of this web site to
see other Y2Y presentations or other activities by that group.
High
School Assemblies on Addiction and how to help yourself or a friend battling
alcoholism or drug addiction are sponsored every other year.
We are
currently working on an addiction themed classroom presentation for ninth
graders.
More
information on our assemblies and classroom programs is available in the pull
down menus above or by clicking on the links on this page.
The
Youth to Youth section of this web site has
additional information on a variety of presentations they provide to schools and
conferences on request.
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