DARE

Starting today, and for the next three Thursdays in the month of January, our class will be having DARE lessons with Officer Fontaine of the Colchester Police Department. Officer Fontaine is one of the two education officers in Colchester who spend much of their time at the schools in town teaching students about safety. Students in all grades learn about safety through DARE, though the lessons look different at the different grade levels. In first grade the four DARE lessons are Personal Safety (today's lesson where students discussed rules, safety drills, street signs, who to go to if you need help, and calling 911 -- students are bringing home two worksheets corresponding to this lesson), Drugs: Helpful or Harmful (next week's lesson which discusses medicines, household cleaners, unknown substances, etc and how to be safe around them), Learning to say No, and Dealing with Angry Feelings. Below is a photo of Officer Fontaine teaching today's lesson!