[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1202]
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IN HONOR OF THE STUDENT GRADUATES OF PARAMUS' D.A.R.E. PROGRAM AT WEST 
                          BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today, the Paramus Police 
Department will hold its D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony with the students 
of West Brook Middle School. More than 150 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 West Brook Middle School, and I would like to recognize them 
all for taking this step toward positive citizenship:
  Breanne Babin, Nicole Becker, Tamar Beylerian, Isabella Blanco-Rivas, 
Nicholas Bushman, Julia Castronovo, Deborah Daoud, Arnold De Masi, 
Anthony Gallo, Tiffany Hsiung, Alisha Jadhav, Stephen McGuire, Lauren 
Mihalik, Christina Muller, Hayley Niland, Aisling O'Connor, Justin 
Ordonez, Jacqueline Paizis, Kevin Perusse, Kimberly Portes, Nicholas 
Ruso, Zacky Sungkar, Daniel Toppo, Maxwell Wagner, Matthew Warren, 
Nadia Admani, Christopher Akdemir, Emily Aranda, Varun Bhatt, Miranda 
Campbell, Gabriel Cepeda, Divya Dasani, Nadine Haddad, Connor Hagen, 
Noel Hodgins, Brittany Hovan, Kwon-Sung Jung, Kathleen McGee, Leah 
Paterno-Olivari, Michael Piquero, Brian Polsky, Diego Ramirez, Michael 
Rullis, Akari Saito, Amitoj Sawhney, Nicole Sicari, Victoria Stabile, 
Nicole Tomic, Mimi Tsang, Alok Vaidya, Shefalee Vohra, Brandon 
Birdsall, Diana Blanco, Nicholas Bucci, Ryan Bucci, Steven Carrescia, 
Justin Cochran, Mark Cristaldi, Rebekah Daniel, Joseph Dobrowolski, 
Aleah Dotson, David Elhananov, Zinath Froogh, Michelle Kim, Emil Lopez, 
Carla Nilo, Yusuke Oshimizu, Daniel Paolazzi, Rachel Rigolosi, Eric 
Rosenzweig, Erika Soto, Athanasios Stepas, Michael Thompson, Gregory 
Vaks, Zachary Yabroudy, Priyanka Abraham, Jafar Ali, Alexandra Arrighi, 
Matthew Askling, Nicole Cagar, Alex Castro, Jesse Christie, Tyler Deas, 
Nicholas Delgiorno, Ariana Dellosa, Nina Fiorilla, Dean Fujita, Oscar 
Gonzales, James Hallihan, Nikolaos Haralambakis, Max Hopkins, Zalaikha 
Javed, Sofia Koutsoumbis, Matthew Lahanas, Lindsey Lucas, Kayla Mees, 
Janki Patel, Zachary Reuveni, Ryan Rivera, Liridona Shala, Pratyusha 
Valiveti, Matthew Alpher, Jason Back, Parita Bhanderi, Thomas Bores, 
Brooke Bukowski, Randy Casallas, Harold Choo, Matthew DeMatteo, Julia 
Deutlmoser, Jana Devaney, Margaret Doyle, Joseph Faris, Laura 
Heckelmann, Daniel Heidt, Yurina Iijima, Farah Kiki, Michelle Kim, 
Elyse Krupinski, Maya Peterson, Victoria Petruzzella, Victoria 
Poplaski, Justine Rizzitello, Adam Ron, Daniel Schauer, Emad Tirmizi, 
Kevin Tirpanciyan, Lakhini Vyas, George Ayob, Jr., Shannon Barile, 
Tiffany Buchen, Francis Ciambrone, Alexandra Cooney, Julia Cuomo, 
Alyssa De Clemente, Julia Dellosa, Erika Dipasquale, Jessica Goldman, 
Jessica Hazuda, Nicole Huaman, Sundesh Kodali, Kimberly La Vecchia, 
Matthew Lemash, Brian Monticello, Timothy Moran, Deanna Napoli, Shivam 
Raikundalia, Raquel Riggitano, Jacob Roth, Nicholas Salemme, Karan 
Shah, Zainab Shahsamand, Donovan Spivey, Carly Turton, Shawn Abraham, 
Joseph Akdemir, Asha Babu, Rachel Buchbinder, Allison Chang, Daniel 
Chen, John Chinchar, Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Lindsay Diamond, John Diaz, 
Sky Digirolamo, Stephanie Edelstein, Julia Gerogiannis, Michael Kim, 
Gina Kisley, Joseph Lee, Daisy Lee, Grace Lim, Annika Nungra, Alyssa 
Nungra, John Piccinich, Abraar Quraishi, Alexa Salinardi, Alexander 
Shater, Courtney Smallze, Rebecca Song, Ashlin Twardzik, Parth Vaidya.

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