[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E911-E912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING WOODCLIFF LAKE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 14, 2008

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, today, the Woodcliff Lake 
Police Department will hold its D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony with the 
students of Dorchester School. The young people participating in this 
important program have made a commitment to say no to drugs, underage 
drinking, and gang violence. They have done this with the support of 
their principal, John Fierro, Chief of Police Anthony Jannicelli and 
D.A.R.E. officers Chad Malloy and James Foley.
  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. This program allows children to defeat the

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negative cultural influences that they are challenged with daily by 
opening the lines of communication between law enforcement and youth 
and empowering them with confidence and courage to say no to drugs.
  I am proud of the young boys and girls who participated in this 
program in Woodcliff Lake, and I would like to recognize them all for 
taking this step toward positive citizenship:
  Christopher Acciardi, Nicole Alberta, Naseeb Ally, Max Aronson, 
Maryanna Arundel, Noah Bardach, Albert Barragan, Alexis Bernstein, 
Zachary Bernstein, Christopher Blake, Nicholas Bonnett, Alexandra 
Castiel, Marc Castrillon, Karen Choi, Ellen Drennan, Matthew Evans, 
Mackenzie Evans, Brandon Fazal, Rachel Fisher, Brandon Friedman, Keith 
Gliksman, Michael Goldstein, Ian Groh, Erica Grunfeld, Alexandria Guo, 
Karin Hadadan, Ashley Hahn, John Henrich, Gianna Hroncich, Ari 
Jigarjian, Brigitte Josephson, Avantika Joshi, Senyoung Kim, Chelsea 
Kirnum, Kathryn Klecanda, Katarina Kokkosis, Saniya Kumar, Morgan 
Landman, Justin Lane, Adam Lefkowitz, Brett Levine, Hanna Levy, Sophia 
Logothetis, Tomasso Lombardi, Chloe Mann, Brian Marolda, Samantha 
McGovern, Kayla McGraw, Alexander Meleniak, Celine Mileham, Vernice 
Miller, Nicole Miller, Daniel Miller, Cole Moran, Melissa Nachbaur, 
Vicky Patel, Thomas Patire, Jordan Perez, Noah Personette, Alex Pettie, 
Lianna Port, Austin Rahmin, Richard Rebori, Peter Rubenstein, Rachel 
Samitt, Mihir Sangoi, Maximillian Sarbu, Devin Sargent, Maya Scharf, 
Alexa Schecter, Connor Schultz, Kyle Schultz, Shunpei Seki, Isabel 
Sella, Julia Shin, Jacqueline Skene, Alana Smolinsky, W. Maxwell Song, 
Margo Spector, Constantine Stavrianidis, Alexander Todfield, Sere 
Tonuzi, Natalia Torres, Christopher Toto, David VanPelt, Apoorva 
Vasireddy, Harrison Weinfeld, Noah Winston, Rachel Yannelli, Vincent 
Yannelli, Josephine Yao, Christopher Zariello.

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