[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1097-E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN HONOR OF THE STUDENT GRADUATES OF PARAMUS' D.A.R.E. PROGRAM AT 
                             YAVNEH ACADEMY

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 21, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, last week, the Paramus 
Police Department held its D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony with the 
students of Yavneh Academy. More than 70 students are participating in 
this important program that gives young people the support they need to 
say no to drugs, underage drinking, and gang violence.
  Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., began as a small 
program in Los Angeles in 1983. Today, it is implemented in more than 
75 percent of our Nation's school districts and in more than 43 other 
Nations. It uses positive peer pressure to help children defeat the 
negative cultural influences that bombard them daily.
  I am proud of the young boys and girls who participated in this 
program at Yavneh Academy, and I would like to recognize them all for 
taking this step toward positive citizenship: Hannah Ash, Benjamin 
Atwood, Hadassa Bendavid, Simcha Borodach, David Carr, Shimon Cohen, 
Orly Davis, Shoshana Edelman, Oriel Farjun, Nicole Feigenblum, 
Alexander Feldman, Jacob Felig, Jacob Finkelstein, Joshua Finkelstein, 
Michael Finkelstein, Miryam Fischer, Aaron Fox, Jacob Furer, Sheri 
Goldman, Ayelet Golubtchik, Marlee Goodman, Akiva Gottlieb, Abigail 
Greenbaum, Rochal Greenberg, Tova Greenberg, Yosef Greenfield, Yehoshua 
Hanfling, Justin Hod, Leora Hyman, Michael Kahan, Ilana Noa Karp, Rami 
Laifer, Jason Lang, Yael Ledner, Jacob Levy, Shmuel Levy, Miriam 
Lichtenberg, Sara Linder, Benjamin Marans, Ally Margulies, Joshua 
Meier, Esther Meir, Leo Metzger, Philip Meyer, Daniel Nagar, Jennifer 
Nir, Shaya Oster, Elisha Penn, Jordan Plaut, Noah Potash, Ori 
Putterman, Rebecca Raab, Daniel Raykher, Daniel Rehanian, Jake Reichel, 
Samuel Rochlin, Micayla Rosenbaum, Elan Samoohi, Liana Sandor, Risa 
Scharf, Eli Scharlat, Hillel Sebrow, Dafna Secemski, Gabriella 
Shankman, Mira Shapiro, Alan Socelof, Lauren Stein, Tamar Weglein, 
Judah Wertenteil, Solomon Wiener, Jonathan Wietschner, Shira Wolff, 
Alan Yomtobian, and Yehoshua Zirman.

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