Students from Black Diamond Elementary celebrated their graduation from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program with a ceremony Monday, June 10.

In all, 58 students graduated from the program. Students were led into the gym at their school by Firefighter Jon Crain of the Buckley Fire Department as he played the bagpipes. The keynote speaker at the event was 16 year old Matt Metschan, who graduated from the DARE program four years ago. Metschan spoke about how DARE has helped him through middle school and his freshman year at Enumclaw High School.

The ceremony was attended by Officers from Black Diamond, Auburn, and Enumclaw Police Departments, as well as the Washington State Patrol, and Fire Fighters from Fire District 44.