In the coming weeks, all students Kindergarten – 5th grade will be introduced to the Safer, Smarter Kids curriculum. Safer, Smarter Kids is an abuse prevention education curriculum designed for Pre-K and elementary-aged children, created by the Lauren’s Kids foundation. Lauren’s Kids is an organization founded and led by Lauren Book, M.S. Ed This district approved curriculum introduces students to personal safety, understanding safe and unsafe situations and teaching them Safety Tools to use in any situation when they may feel unsafe. This curriculum meets the new state mandate to teach Child Trafficking prevention. For more information please visit www.safersmarterkids.org. and the Florida Department of Education.
Students are taught using a variety of “Safety Tools” for example: Safety Stop Sign, I Mean Business Voice, Trusted Triangle, Safe and Unsafe behaviors and Grown-up Buddy to name a few. Please see the glossary for further information.