DARE | GREAT | RCSO Kids Our GREAT Program is a school based, law enforcement officer instructed classroom curriculum. The program’s primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership. GREAT lessons focus on providing life skills to students to help them avoid delinquent behavior and violence to solve problems. This is a 10 week course for 3rd, 4th and 7th grade students in our system. The GREAT Program also offers a summer program for students who have successfully completed the GREAT curriculum. The summer program consists of class room exercises as well as field trips to different amusement parks and historical venues.