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Fourth and fifth grade students
at Bethune Elementary School will graduate from Gang Resistance Education
and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) on Monday, May 21st. To celebrate the occasion,
one hundred and fifty-nine (159) graduate students will be recognized for
their efforts during a special ceremony at the school beginning at 1:15
pm. Each student who participated in the program will receive a graduate
t-shirt and a personalized G.R.E.A.T. Certificate of Accomplishment.
The Fulton County Sheriff's
Office has been teaching the national G.R.E.A.T. program to county
middle schools since 1994. This year, the department expanded G.R.E.A.T.
to the elementary level. Bethune is the first elementary school in the
city of Atlanta to receive the G.R.E.A.T. program.
During the past four weeks,
students at Bethune received specialized training from a uniformed deputy
of the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Throughout the program students
were educated on important issues, like "Violence",
"Respect" and "Cultural Awareness". In each class
session, students received words of encouragement along with class
incentives in an effort to build self-esteem and self-confidence.
The G.R.E.A.T. program at
Bethune Elementary was made possible by a generous contribution by the
Fulton County Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 64. For the
past four years, the FOP has been very supportive of the sheriff's
department and the G.R.E.A.T. program.
Bethune Elementary School is
located at 220 Northside Drive, across from the Georgia Dome Stadium.
For
further information, please contact Sergeant Clarence Huber at (404)
730-4148.
Sergeant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at (404)
833-8884.
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