HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - RS-95-24 - 12/06/1995 - Recognizing Officer Laycock for DARERS-95-24
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program was
introduced this past fall to McHenry Landmark School Fifth Graders; and
WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. program helps students resist peer pressure and say "no" to
drugs by developing self- confidence and self-esteem; and
WHEREAS, McHenry Police Officer Patricia Laycock, who had attended an intensive
training program, taught the program to the students; and
WHEREAS, the teachers of Landmark School worked along with Officer Laycock,
incorporating the-D.A.R.E. lessons into the students' academic subjects; and
WHEREAS, nearly three hundred students have successfully completed the program
and will graduate from it on December 14, 1995; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of McHenry wants to encourage its young
citizens to remain drug free and is aware that education will help them remain so; and
WHEREAS, Illinois Governor Jim Edgar also realizes the importance of the D.A.R.E.
program in today's society and commends the students and Officer Laycock.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Council of the
City of McHenry, Illinois, go on record in recognizing all the effort and hard work necessary
to complete the D.A.R.E. program and congratulates the Landmark School D.A.R.E. Program
Graduates.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 6TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1995.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERk-