D.A.R.E.

D.A.R.E. started today. Officer Kotrly will be working with us for about 11 weeks between now and the end of the year. He came to our classroom and introduced himself to us and he learned a little more about all of the kids in our classroom.

The students all wore their D.A.R.E. shirts and today they received their D.A.R.E. handbook. Today we learned the Decision-Making Model:

D- define the problem, challenge, or opportunity
A- assess your choices
R- respond by making a choice- use facts and gather information
E- evaluate and review your decisions- did you make the correct choice?

After learning the model we worked through a few different scenarios and the students were asked to use the decision-making model to work through the situations.

Our next D.A.R.E. gathering is next week Friday, February 4, 2010. Wear your D.A.R.E. shirt!