STUDENT SAFETY TIPS

• Know and follow the school's safety policies • If you walk to school, walk with a friend or family member • Always tell your parents where you

plan to be before and after school • Make sure that your emergency

contact card at school is updated • Report all suspicious activity, whether

on or off campus • Immediately report any information

about a student with weapons • Always be aware of your surroundings • Walk in groups and say in well lit areas • Avoid high risk situations and seek help from an adult if you find yourself in a situation that makes you uncomfortable • Refuse to participate in negative or criminal behavior • Follow instructions of school employees, law enforcement officials, or other emergency response personnel • Refrain from teasing, bullying, and harassing other students and be tolerant of their differences • Plan a walking route to school or the bus stop • Teach your child never to talk to strangers or accept rides or gifts from strangers. Remember, a stranger is anyone you or your children don’t know well or don’t trust. • Be sure your child walks to and from school with a sibling, friend, or neighbor. • Teach your kids — whether walking, biking, or riding the bus to school — to obey all traffic signals, signs and traffic officers. Remind them to be extra careful in bad weather. • If your child bikes to school, make sure he wears a helmet that meets one of the safety standards • Remind your children to stay seated at all times and keep their heads and arms inside the bus while riding. • Be sure that your child knows his or her home phone number and address, your work number, the number of another trusted adult and how to call 911 for emergencies.