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News from the PE Department:

Summer Safety

During the month of June we will cover our Stranger Danger curriculum in all physical education classes. Below are some areas that we covered, we recommend that you review them with your child. We also reviewed fire safety, and encourage the children to discuss their individual plan at home. In grades 3- 5 we discuss Internet safety, so please remind your child of your family rules.

1. Keep them safe indoors: Make sure children know their complete home address, telephone number and parents’ first and last names. Children should know how to call 911.

2. Keep them safe outdoors: Parents should know their child’s route to and from school or activities, and insist that a child never take shortcuts. Teach children never to go anywhere with anyone without parental permission. Parents should teach children to run away from someone who is bothering them, and while doing so, yell to attract as much attention as possible. If followed by a car, or if a stranger gets out of a vehicle and asks for directions, children should be taught to run away and yell for help.

3. Teach your child about predators’ tricks: Predators use tricks. Teach your child to recognize the common methods of luring, including bribes (such as money, toys, candy or the promise of something the child would want), requests for help (“My puppy ran away! Will you help me look for it?”) or threats.

4. Develop a code word: Teach your child a “code word”, if someone other than a parent needs to pick up the child unexpectedly, this person needs to know the “code word” before the child agrees to leave with him or her.

5. Know the risks: Statistically, your child is most likely to be harmed by an adult they know, rather than a stranger. A child should know what the family safety rules are and what the proper roles are for adults in his or her life.

6. Teach kids how to say ‘no!’ Kids have the right to say “no!” — and loudly — if anyone touches them in a way that is uncomfortable. Safety tips from

This year we also used pages from a “Be Safe” coloring book found at the Amber Watch Foundation website: We encourage you to look at it and further discuss these topics with your child. We all need to work together to teach children how to protect themselves. Have a safe summer!

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