It's that time of year again when DARE essays are due. In order to graduate from DARE, Officer Shelton requires all students to write a 5 paragraph paper on what they have learned in DARE. The students then have to read the essay in front of the class. He then takes the essays to an anonymous source that reads them and picks a winner from each class. The winners get the honor of reading the essay during graduation. They also get the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer. It is quite an honor to read your DARE essay. The winners get the DARE stuffed animal lion and the prestige of knowing that their papers were the best.
This year the students will be writing their papers at home. I will be sending home the details and format on Monday. I am asking you to help your child very little. Make them write the paper and only offer small tidbits of advice. They will be required to do a rough draft at home and in class I will read the essays with each child and do revisions. They will then complete the final copy at home. This is a 5 paragraph paper. It must have a beginning paragraph that grasps the readers attention and states the three things that they are going to talk about. Paragraph 2 is all about the first thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences). Paragraph 3 is all about the second thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences). The 4th paragraph is all about the third thing they learned in DARE (6 or more sentences). The final paragraph is the ending and just wraps everything up (3 to 4 sentences). This paper is no joke. It is about 2 pages long in the end, roughly 26 or more sentences. Please encourage your child to get busy on this starting Monday. The first rough draft is due on Tuesday, Jan. 18th. The final copy is due on Wed. Jan. 26. The reading of the DARE essays for the class is on Friday, Jan. 28. Thank you for your help with this. I will send you home the date of the DARE graduation when we pinpoint it down. It will be sometime in late Feb.
Have a happy weekend and pray for NO SNOW!!! The days now come off the Spring Break and I don't know about you but I love Spring Break!!!!
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