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<br /> <br /> March 10, 2008 WAIMEA MIDDLE SCHOOL: "A PLACE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES" Page5 <br /> <br /> Drug Abuse Resistance Education <br /> <br /> (MA.R.E.) Graduation <br /> <br /> <br /> 8 Ways To Say NO! Take charge of your life! That was the message conveyed <br /> loud and clear last week as about three dozen WMS 7th Graders <br /> reviewed what they had learned over the past several weeks as <br /> 1. Say "No Thanks" part of a series of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) <br /> classes conducted by their teachers with guidance from South Ko- <br /> 2. Give an excuse or a reason hala Community Policing Officer Brad Feliciano. <br /> Students attending the graduation celebration discussed a deck <br /> 3. Repeated Refusal or Keep sion-making model they had studied along with strategies and <br /> skills to say no, including a firm voice, looking the other person in <br /> Saying "No" the eye, "I' statements and sticking to their guns. <br /> Students also reviewed how the legal and court systems work, and <br /> 4., Walk Away deceptive advertising techniques used to convince consumers - <br /> especially minors - that alcohol, drugs and tobacco are 'cool" and <br /> 5. Change the Subject that it's the only way to have fun...that everyone's doing it. (Not <br /> true, reminded Officer Feliciano and their teachers.) <br /> 6. AVoid the Situation Each student had their own workbook reviewed and signed by Offi- <br /> cer Feliciano and they were encouraged to keep and review the <br /> 7. Cold Shoulder booklet periodically. And each was given a collection of goodies, <br /> each item in their own way a reminder of lessons learned. And <br /> then it was party time - time to enjoy friends and show off the <br /> 8. Strength in Numbers striking new t-shirts everyone received as a <br /> reminder of the pledge they had taken. t <br /> !ay v ° <br /> <br /> <br /> 77 -1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> C <br /> Pte- - ~ ~ - • <br /> <br /> <br /> ABOVE: Our 7th Grade D.A.R.E. Graduates! <br /> <br /> LEFT: CPO Brad Feliciano with his posse of 7th Grade <br /> teachers (L-R) Liz Noetzel, Kathi Foster and Lily Edman. <br /> Red & Black PRIDE Hoops Tournament Winners: <br /> First Place Team: Austin Ibana, Brenton Shropshire, Car- <br /> mel Dizon, Ty Kauai, Kamalani AhQuinn, Damien Kaluhl- <br /> I moku, Troy DeCoito and John Alokoa. <br /> i 2n° Place Team: Deja Kapua, Kiley Lincoln, Duke DeRego, <br /> Justine Mahi-Beamer, Desarae Javillonar, Chance Kuanoni, <br /> Shawnee Marsh and Kamu Bulawan. <br />