What to do in an active shooter situation

What to do in an active shooter situation

While your chances of encountering a shooting are small, be prepared with this expert advice.  'Run. Hide. Fight.' »

Oct: Bullying Awareness & Prevention Month; Gov's Task Force on Mental Health; Gov's NCCSS First Student Member

Governor McCrory proclaims October 2015 Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month in North Carolina

 
Chief Justice Mark Martin Announces Appointments to the Governor's Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Use
Juvenile Justice Deputy Commissioner Member; Greta Metcalf from Gov's Task Force on Safer Schools Designated as Liaison to New Task Force
 
 
Governor's Task Force on Safer Schools Honors Its First Student Member (Photos)
 

Steve Ritz: food insecurity - gardening; class attendance 43% to 93% 3 min. video

His school had lots of poverty and *lots* of really hungry kids. So he decided to create a curriculum around healthy eating and gardening — and hasn't looked back since.

His class attendance went from 40% to 93%. Because of a garden?

It's amazing what accomplishing something can do for a kid's self-esteem.

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You are the first responder: includes 2:55 video

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You are the first responder! This training will change the way you feel about your safety forever.

October: Bullying Prevention & Awareness Month

Go to the NC Center for Safer Schools’ website. www.centerforsaferschools.org and our Twitter account: @NCSaferSchools: feature several items for Bullying Prevention month, including a link to Bullying Prevention Awareness packet, a brochure, the Governor’s Proclamation.

Please comment on NCCSS' Twitter page: one of those messages is shared each day.

Bullying Prevention Materials/Resources 2014

• Bullying Awareness: Helping to Achieve a Bully-Free NC - The N.C. Center for Safer School's Guide to
  Recognizing and Preventing Bullying (printable brochures) English Spanish
• Understanding Bullying in Schools: A Compendium of Resources to Better Understand Bullying Behaviors
• Bullying and Hazing
• Bullying Prevention and Awareness Month 2014 - Week-by-Week Materials (for teachers, parents)

Also, Peruse left page 1 of this Safer Schools Blog

Sensitivity insights: Halloween

Guilford Says Yes to Education partnership

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Deaf Campers Perform Phillip Phillips' "Home"

• Deaf Campers Perform Phillip Phillips' 'Home' in Inspiring New Video

Raleigh cop saves distressed man

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"One More Day": Iowa school system: 5:31 min. video

Iowa teachers sing 'One Day More' before students return to school — and it's awesome

"RISE: Even Death Can't Stop Me": Frank Thomas: 4:46 min. video

Incredible story about an amazing man.

Frank Thomas

The story that inspired the book "RISE: Even Death Can't Stop Me"

"Children are souls to be nourished not products to be measured". Andrew Kern

Dear Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Rezek,

You have just become two very special people in my family's lives. We are so excited to get to know you. Please know that I have your back. I will NOT be the parent who is a pain in your butt. I will NOT believe everything my kid comes home and tells me. I will NOT complain to the principal without talking to you first. I will NOT make excuses for my kid when they misbehave. I WILL always support your decisions in front of my kid. I WILL enforce your rules and classroom procedures. I WILL make my kids do their homework and study for tests. 

Here is what I ask of you...
Please help me teach my kid to be kind to others. That is more important to me than reading, writing and arithmetic. I would rather have a kind child than a smart one. Thanks and good luck this year. I will be praying for you, 

Janelle Siperek Robinson

The Butterfly Effect | ALS Worldwide

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45 life lessons shared by 90 year old Regina Brett

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio .

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it is still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.  
3. Life is too short – enjoy it.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye, but don't worry, God never blinks.

16.. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need

42. The best is yet to come...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Restorative Justice Practices: Maine

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4:55 min. video: Model Winnie Harlow's Inspiring New Essay on Overcoming Childhood Bullies and Finding Success

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Judge & 49 year old former middle school classmate: video

 

Old Classmates Reunite in Court - WJHG.com

 

Shaina Noll: How Could Anyone Ever Tell You You're Are Less Beautiful... 5:30 min. video

Shaina Noll - How Could Anyone - lyrics - YouTube

Teen Age Brain Development

Teen Brain video.wmv - YouTube  4:36 mins.

MCCASA - The Developing Teenage Brain.wmv - YouTube

Religion, Democracy and Safety: video with Harvard prof Clay Christensen

Clay Christensen on Religious Freedom (His personal views, not HBS) 

Peace Education Program, also referred to as PEP (w/attachments)

PEP is a 10-week multimedia educational program that was created by The Prem Rawat Foundation. The Peace Education Program is not religious based and can be conducted at no cost by our volunteers or a member of your staff. PEP’s objective is to help participants explore the possibility of personal peace and to discover inner resources – tools for living such as inner strength, choice, dignity and hope. The participants will receive a certificate at the completion of the course. Attached is a copy of our curriculum and one of the 10 illustrated articles that is used in the program.

PEP has been offered in 48 countries to a wide variety of participants in many different types of groups. In 2014, it was offered at 249 correctional facilities around the world.

Please let me know if you would like more information on how to offer PEP at your organization.

Thank you.

Sally Weaver

Peace Education Program

Support Team

(805) 889-2468

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H819: student discipline

H819 bill:  student discipline. Has been sent to Committee on Education K-12 and if passes, goes to Judiciary II.

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H819v1.pdf

Use Your Words

Why Overhearing a Mother’s 3 Words to Her Son Made Me Flinch

I was tempted to bolt before I burst into tears, but I worried that yanking Philip away would cause a meltdown.