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School Safety: Fire Prevention Week
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Time to Put the Students in Charge
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Youth Suicide Prevention: Part 2 of 2
In Part 1 of this two-part blog series , we discussed the popular Netflix show, “13 Reasons Why.” We concluded Part 1 by discussing the...
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Youth Suicide Prevention: Part 1 of 2
The very popular Netflix show, “13 Reasons Why” raised much-needed discussion about youth suicide prevention in our schools last spring....
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Alissa Parker Talks About Back to School & School Safety
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The Connection Between EMS and School Safety
This year, May 21-27 is National EMS Week ! Many of us at Safe and Sound Schools know how important our EMS responders are to the safety...
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National Playground Safety Week
Now that we are well into Spring and warmer days are upon us, more kids will be playing outdoors. Parents and guardians will find...
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2017: First Quarter Update
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Recently, a new friend confided in me that her daughter was suffering from PTSD related to a brutal sexual assault last school year. In...
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Ask the Experts: School Visitor Management
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#LoveSafety
#LOVESAFETY Love . There are so many kinds of love. There’s the romantic love we might feel for a significant other, the unconditional...
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On the Road with Alissa Parker: Violence Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Symposium
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From the Field: The Maryland School Safety Initiative
Last week took me out on the road again but in the most familiar territory, my home state of Maryland. Safe and Sound Schools joined the...
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The Role of Technology in Today’s School Safety Landscape
Everyone wants the schools in their community to be safe. We can all agree on this. Yet, safety is often taken for granted. For decades,...
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Four Years Later: Carrying On Emilie and Joey’s Legacy
The morning of December 14th, 2012, my world was shattered, forever changed. An armed attacker broke into my daughter’s school. He took...
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Restoring a Sense of Security In A Post-Election Climate
Our mission is founded on the principle that our children –the nation’s children–deserve to learn and develop in a safe and secure...
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Be a Part of Change for School Safety
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School Nurses Prepare for a Safe School Year
School Nurse, Helen Bailey of Cold Spring, Kentucky, reflects on her focus on school safety at the start of another school year. Summer...
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Safe and Sound Speaker and Founder of Mission Be, Carin Winter, reflects on the tragedy of September
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THAT’S What You Learned In School Today?
Schools across the nation have spent the summer preparing for a safe school year. Among those preparations, many schools are examining...
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