Friday 30th November 2007 marked the last of the recent round of graduation ceremonies recognizing the achievements of grade six students during their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) courses.

This recent DARE course which commenced in September, has covered such diverse topics as peer pressure and friendship foundations as well as the health, legal and social aspects concerning marijuana, alcohol and tobacco.

Morris Vanterpool Primary

On Tuesday 27th November, 64 grade six pupils from Valley Primary School graduated followed by the 16-strong grade six class of Morris Vanterpool Primary School, whose ceremony was on Wednesday 28th.

Thursday the 29th saw the ceremony for the 11 members of Island Harbour Primary School at the St Andrew’s Church Hall, with the series of graduations ending with the afternoon ceremony on Friday 30th which honoured the 17 students of the Central Christian School.

Central Christian School

During each of the ceremonies, the top students from each class read out their DARE Report to the audience and a winner of the DARE poster competition was announced. During the ceremonies, the key note speeches were delivered by senior members of the Royal Anguilla Police Force. The students were also serenaded by Cheeva Richardson and Katisha Vanterpool, both employees of the Caribbean Commercial Bank.

Valley Primary

The DARE instructors, Police Constables James Joyce and Shawn Lake stated that the grade six programme went extremely well, as did the shorter courses that were taught to grades two and three concurrently. They also highlighted that if the new DARE student graduates put into practice all the knowledge and skills that they have learned, it will stand them personally, and Anguilla as a whole, in good stead for years to come. They finished by thanking the Education Department, class teachers and parents for their support throughout the course.

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