July 14, 2010, 9:22 am
Cathy Rager and Jason Shiliga of the Human Services Division will be conducting several classes at Anne M Jeans Elementary School in the Burr Ridge School District this July. The classes will be part of their summer reading development program through the library at Anne M Jeans. The topics Cathy and Jason will be conducting classes on will be: 1) Alcohol / Tobacco / and Drug Prevention; 2) Empathy / Character Education; and 3) Goal Setting / Personal Responsibility.
The classes will be taking place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays through the end of July.
July 13th and 14th: Alcohol / Tobacco / and Drug Prevention
July 20th and 21st: Empathy / Character Education
July 27th and 28th: Goal Setting / Personal Responsibility
Jason Shiliga
Youth Education Coordinator
Downers Grove Township
Email: jason.shiliga@dgtownship.com
Phone: (630) 719-6687
April 23, 2010, 9:27 pm
On Saturday, April 17, a long run and highly successful program came to a bittersweet end at the final D.A.R.E. lock-in held at Downers Grove North High School. As the final group of two hundred and twenty nine sixth grade students from Belle Aire, Henry Puffer, Indian Trail, Kingsley, Pierce Downer and St. Mary’s entered the lock-in, they were enthusiastically greeted by over two hundred Downers Grove North high school leaders who were determined to make this the most memorable lock-in ever.
The D.A.R.E. program began in Downers Grove in 1993. In 2000, a collaborative effort between Downers Grove Township, District 99 and the Downers Grove Police Department saw the birth of the lock-in. The lock-in was designed to give the sixth grade students a time to celebrate all they had learned in the D.A.R.E. program and give the high school student leaders an opportunity to demonstrate their choice to be alcohol and other drug free in a very big way. It was also an opportunity for the D.A.R.E. officers to clearly demonstrate to their sixth grade students that they could in fact, have lots of fun with their friends without alcohol and other drugs.
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