LEARNING TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
The fifth graders at St. John the Evangelist School in Attleboro recently graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. D.A.R.E. Officer and St. John’s School Alumni, Joseph Daday, facilitated the weekly sessions and the graduation.
Mayor Paul Heroux, members of the Attleboro Police Department and Honor Guard, Attleboro Rotary Club, Elks Lodge #1014, and South Attleboro Lions Club, South Attleboro Village Lions Club, along with City Councilors Julie Hall and Kate Jackson, YMCA Youth Specialist Ed Poirier joined parents and students for the ceremony.
Four students received recognition for their written essays, Brady Erwin won the Attleboro Elks Youth Appreciation Outstanding Student Award and Jillian Foley won the DARE Student Excellence Award.
For lunch, the students enjoyed a pizza and ice cream party, compliments of the Rotary Club.
Shown here with Officer Daday is Sr. Mary Dumond, the Attleboro Police Honor Guard and the fifth graders.