Drug Abuse Resistance Education or D.A.R.E. is a program designed to partner local law enforcement and area school districts to teach elementary age students that every choice they make has consequences. The DARE program focuses on the use of controlled substances, gangs, and violent behavior.
We currently do not have a D.A.R.E. Officer to teach the D.A.R.E. program throughout the county; however we hope to have it back for the fall of 2026 school year. SRO Bryanne Gawlik will be teaching the D.A.R.E. program in the Denmark School District, and SRO Jessica Smith will be teaching the D.A.R.E. program in the Wrightstown School District.
The D.A.R.E. curriculum taught today is very different from the D.A.R.E. curriculum 30 years ago.
The old D.A.R.E. curriculum taught children to "just say no."
Today's D.A.R.E. curriculum teaches them to recognize that every choice they make has consequences.
D.A.R.E. Officers teach students that those consequences may be positive or negative, depending on the choice they make in each situation.
They also help the students to recognize the consequences and make good choices that culminate with the positive consequences we desire.The D.A.R.E. is fully funded through private donations and corporate supporters.
