Got2BSafe, Got 2 B Safe

I am so grateful for the experience and look forward to helping other teachers promote safety in their classrooms. With Honeywell International’s easy four-step safety program, I feel better prepared to help protect my students and children from abduction and exploitation.

Parker’s “Super Safety Mythbusters” idea incorporated the four rules of the Got 2B Safe! as its core curriculum. Parker’s 3rd grade students gathered in groups to role-play the four safety tips. One skit taught the safety tips correctly while the other skits did not; the remaining students “Super Safety Mythbusters” determined which part of the skits was correct and which were myths. Skits were videotaped and aired as four separate public safety announcements on the schools TV morning show.

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Kawamura implemented a solution to reinforce the Got 2B Safe! rules on the school’s website. Kawamura’s 6th graders learned the Got 2B Safe! rules and created an informational webpage in support of promoting safe behavior to be shared amongst fellow students, school officials, and parents. The webpage will be refreshed by students monthly with new articles, puzzles, skits, comics, podcasts and helpful internet connections.

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Vermilye implemented a solution to reinforce the Got 2B Safe! rules throughout the year. Vermilye’s 2nd graders will put what they have learned about the rules into practice throughout the year. August: Create 2 bulletin boards – one illustrating 4 rules and the other illustrating school safety; September: Discuss the 4 rules; October: Halloween, Fire, & Drug Awareness Safety; November: Door Contest for Safety; December: Holiday Safety (shopping malls, stranger Danger); January: Review Check First; February: Review Go With a Friend; March: Review It’s My Body; April: Review Tell a Trusted Adult; May: Amusement Park Safety; June: Summer Safety.

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Hodge instructed her 4th graders to develop a Got 2B Safe! Photostory with pictures taken of their trip to Dollywood Amusement Park. Students first learned the rules through in class skits, scenarios, and discussions. During the field trip, students captured pictures of themselves and/or friends showing rules to use in the creation of their photostory. Photostories were created and presented in school for all K-5 students for use to keep them safe at amusement parks during the summer.

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At the inspirational Hope Awards banquet the sincere commitment to protecting missing and exploited children by these celebrities and other sponsors was evident to everyone there. The Congressional breakfast better informed me about law enforcement’s contributions to the safety of children. The $10,000 from Honeywell International afforded me the opportunity to update my classroom and create an environment that can easily incorporate the rules of safety with other instruction. Most importantly, however, was a new personal awareness of a teacher’s vital role in the daily effort to keep children safe. I remain most grateful to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and to Honeywell International for teaching and empowering me to continue the goal of instruction about safety to the nation’s most precious resource, its children.

Lewis’ idea used 3rd grade student writings to reinforce rule themes that showcased special mascot characters. Characters identified to the four rules of Got 2B Safe! and offered a natural association to the lesson plan rules: Charley Check First, Frieda Friend, Bobby Body, and Addie Adult. Students created mascot stories, poems, fliers, skits, songs and graphics organizers demonstrating the message of the rules and shared them throughout the year with their school and community.

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