Safety Mustang Roundup

Round Up focus this week will be Safety in and around Avondale Middle School. Lets take a look at how our core values tie into being safe at AMS. Can anyone remember our core values? (have a brief discussion of what MANIA stands for at AMS)

Please Review MANIA M aintain Respect A lways do your Best N eed to be Responsible I n and Around A vondale Middle School! Complete Interview with Mania in Mind

60 second interviews Use the interview sheet and pair students up by having them count off (if you have 20, then count to 10 two times. ) Ask each pair to choose one question that interests both of them. Have them interview each other and jot down their partner’s name and something they want to remember that their partner said about safety. Give pairs 60 seconds and then have them each find a new partner. Do this a few times. Afterwards, ask each student to say one new thing that they learned about their advisory team members ideas about safety in and around Avondale Middle School.

School safety During your classroom interviews did anything surprise you about safety in and around Avondale Middle School? What can we do as individuals to keep our school safe? What are the specific places students need to be most safe at AMS?

On a small sheet of paper/notecard, write down two things you will promise to do this week to improve safety here at AMS. Fold your note to yourself. Staple or tape your note shut. Write your name on the outside of the note. You will be receiving this note back at the end of the week to see if you followed through!

Time Permitting Bonus Work: Public Service Announcement: PSA Your teacher will assign you a partner. You have been given the learning task to create a 1 minute public service commercial for safety in and around Avondale Middle School. Pick a place that you identified students need to be safe at. With your partner write a PSA (mini commercial). Highlight the seriousness of safety at AMS. Be ready to share your commercial tomorrow.

Day 2 Safety In and Around Avondale Middle School

School safety Think back to when you interviewed Round Up members yesterday. Did anything surprise you about safety in and around Avondale Middle School? What can we do as individuals to keep our school safe? Can someone please share that did not get a chance yesterday?

Chalk Talk Each group is assigned a place where students need to be safe around and in Avondale Middle School. Your group will need to write your assigned place on a large piece of paper. Hallways Bathroom Cafeteria Standard Classroom Science Classroom Gym Class At each station you will write as much as you can about examples and situations for safety. Focus on why and how to be safe there. You may not write anything inappropriate. You may not share real names. You may write and comment appropriately on each other’s comments at each station. You will have 3 minutes per station then move as a group.

Chalk Talk Presentation When you return to your CHALK TALK initial station review what has been written by the class on the large paper. After reading over your assigned CHALK TALK your group will present: 1) Describe how our Round Up class views safety in the area assigned. 2) Explain any issues or examples AMS students have with safety in this area. 3) Offer solutions to make this a safer place. Be ready to present in 4-5 minutes.

Time Permitting Bonus Work: PSA: Public Service Announcements Get with your PSA partner from yesterday. Make sure your commercial or PSA for safety at AMS is ready to present. Perform your commercial in front of the class. Be ready for feedback from the audience on what went right with your PSA and how you could improve.

Being a SAFE student in and around Avondale Middle School creates a strong community and DESIRED OUTCOMES!