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Sheriff Steve Cronic

School-Based Program News!
   
   
   
03/30/2008 ADVANCE Graduation and GREAT recognition assembly dates
03/29/2008 Sheriff Cronic launching new Teen Driver Program
03/29/2008 ADVANCE to GREAT Summer Camp now taking registrations
 
 

Welcome to the School-Based Programs Unit Website!

School-Resource Team    Specialized School-Based K-9 Team
Avoiding Drugs Violence and Negative Choices Early (ADVANCE)  K-5th Grade
Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) 6th Grade

 

In 2007 the ADVANCE Program, GREAT Program, and School-Based Programs Unit joined together to more effectively serve our youth.  The Hall County Sheriff's Office ADVANCE and G.R.E.A.T. programs complies with the standards of quality Georgia education.              

The ADVANCE (Avoiding Drugs Violence and Negative Choices Early) program complies with the National Health Standards for drug education and has been used as a template for the Georgia Sheriff's Association CHAMPS education model. In addition, the GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training) program is developed by Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Administration and is highly effective with middle-school students.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office School-Based Programs Unit offers proactive strategies to enhance protective factors for young people. Strategies include emphasis on development of social competence, conflict resolution, and positive alternatives to drugs, violence, and gangs. In addition, information of personal safety, stranger-danger, Internet safety, and water safety through lessons facilitated in elementary and middle schools.

Our staff is required to complete eight hours of Georgia Department of Education approved effective teacher training annually. In addition, our staff must attend seventeen hours of drug, gang, and Internet safety updates annually to maintain teaching certificates to effectively serve our students.

We take great pride in the service of our students.  If you have any questions about all our school-based programs, contact Lieutenant Gene Joy at (770) 533-7806 or e-mail Lieutenant Joy at GeneJoy@hallcounty.org

 
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