5th Grade D.A.R.E. Graduation

The graduation ceremony for D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) for our fifth grade students at Upper Campus was held this morning with Richland County Sheriff Department Deputy Kevin Lawrence as the guest speaker. Special thanks to Senior Officer Pearl Whitaker for leading this program at our school. 

Students were required to write an essay about what they learned during the 10 week D.A.R.E. program. The following essays were selected from each homeroom class. Overall winner for the school was Marett Loudermilk. 

• Mr. Cammann - Sadhana Anchoori
• Ms. Earle - Morgan Miller
• Ms. Holmes - Jocelyn Artis
• Mrs. Sexton - Anoushka Bhaskar
• Mrs. Smarr - Marett Loudermilk
• Mrs. Weaver - Elijah Hicks
• Mrs. Woolever - Kyle Whisenant