Students have a role in school safety.

Get involved in keeping yourself and your school safe.  

• Follow the Student Code of Conduct.
• Know and follow the school's safety policies.
• Follow the school rules.
• Confide with an adult (parent, teacher, counselor, etc.) when personally experiencing symptoms of depression.
• Listen to the concerns of friends and encourage them to seek appropriate help.
• Avoid becoming a victim--- avoid high-risk situations and seek help from adults.
• Serve as a big brother/big sister, peer tutor, or mentor for a younger student.
• Refrain from teasing, bullying, and harassing other students, and be tolerant of their differences.
• Learn ways to resist negative peer pressure.
• Speak out and refuse to participate in negative or criminal behavior.

For Safety Preparedness

• Actively participate in school safety/violence prevention programs such as conflict management, problems solving teams, peer mediation, and community service.
• Serve on the school safety team to provide ideas on how to improve school safety.
• Work with teacher and administrators to develop a safe way to report threats.
• Learn who to go to with information and concerns about known or potential violence, bullying, and harassment.
• Immediately report suspicious behaviors, threats of violence, drug sale or use, bullying and victimization, vandalism, or suicide to school officials or other responsible adults.  

 For Responding to Crises Situations  

• In the absence of adult direction, decide where it is safest to be and remain there.
• If a violent situation occurs, notify the first available adult.
• Follow instructions of school, law enforcement officials or other emergency response personnel.
• Assist teachers and staff in determining who is accounted for and who is not.
• If able, assist injured persons.
• Calm and reassure peers.  

For Recovering from a Crisis Situation

• Share all related information with law enforcement officials, teachers, and school staff.
• Do not speculate or perpetuate rumors.
• Seek counseling and other opportunities to deal with stress and grief.

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