2. The third full week of October is Kentucky Safe Schools Week!
Schools across Kentucky focus on school safety issues in classrooms, in their schools and in their communities.

3. This year’s theme is “Our Safety Story
This year’s theme is “Our Safety Story!” Every school has its own cast of characters weaving the fabric of its own Safety Story. As in the film Toy Story 4, Woody, Buzz, and Bo along with a host of others, welcome a new friend, Forky, and help him find his purpose. Our schools are composed of students/staff who are a host of likely characters with a variety of interests and talents. Remember the words of Buzz Lightyear, “The important thing is that we stick together.” We ask that you join us across Kentucky, each and every school, as we embrace unity, kindness and empathy to enhance “Our Safety Story” ...‘cause you got a friend in me.

4. Get your community involved and prior to KY Safe Schools Week promote it in your area; in the newspaper, on the radio, on your school website, there is no limit!
Poster/Flyer
How to Take the Pledge Flyer
Press Release (Sample)
PSAs for Radio Spots
Proclamation have city or county officials sign the Safe Schools Week Proclamation

5. Use the Daily Announcements, Dress-Up and Activities Pages to get the students involved.
Elementary Daily School Announcements
Middle/High Daily School Announcements
Daily Attire Activities
Web Ideas and Lessons
Daily Food Ideas
“Our Safety Story" Creative Ideas
Coloring Sheet Activity

6. Also, promotionals to encourage students are provided such as stickers/ badges, bookmarks, tokens, etc..
Badges or Stickers
Bookmarks
Carnival Tickets for SSW
Carnival Ticket Certificate
Theme Song (“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”) 

7. Logos and signs to use in promotions and photo ops.
Large SSW Photo Frame
Large SSW Logo Sign
Large SSW Logo- Pledge Sign
Large SSW Pledge Sign
Large SSW Poster

8. Please send pictures of your school or community involved in anti-bullying activities and Ky Safe Schools Week Campaign activities to We will add them to the photo highlights and tweet them out. (Thanks for sharing!)

9. The rest of the Ky Safe Schools Webpage is divided into three major sections, with subsections. First Educators, click on the educators icon and go directly to the educator section, or click on Students and Parents or Community. You get the drill. The Educators section is divided into four subsections see above….

10. Teacher Resources
Under the Educators section there are teacher resources. The first resource has many highlighted resources for the week. Other links are full of resources and lessons for your classrooms and individual students to use. TRTs digital literacy to combat cyberbullying can be found at commonsensemedia.org and so much more.

11. Lessons and Games
The next section on this page includes powerpoints and videos. There are just a few for you to use if they fit your purpose. The last two videos are short “feel good” moments from Values.com. They show students helping other students when exclusion and bullying is taking place. They are great writing prompts or discussion starters. I’ve touched the tip of the iceberg of all the resources located on this page and it links to other pages like cyberbullying, etc…

12. PowerPoints, Videos and Handouts
The next section on this page includes powerpoints and videos. There are just a few for you to use if they fit your purpose. The last two videos are short “feel good” moments from Values.com. They show students helping other students when exclusion and bullying is taking place. They are great writing prompts or discussion starters. I’ve touched the tip of the iceberg of all the resources located on this page and it links to other pages like cyberbullying, etc…

13. Administrators Resources

14. The rest of the Ky Safe Schools Webpage is divided into three major sections, with subsections. Next, you can click on Students and Parents icon and go directly to that section. The

15. Student Resources

16. Parent Resources

18. Educators, Students/Parents and Community…
Here is a Handout explaining…
How to take the online…

20. You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Lyrics from Toy Story
Written and performed by Randy Newman
You’ve got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you’re miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you’ve got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, I've got ‘em too
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
We stick together, we can see it through
‘Cause you’ve got a friend in me
Yeah, you’ve got a friend in me
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger, too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it’s me and you, boy
And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You’re gonna see it’s our destiny
You’ve got a friend in me

21. Join our Kentucky Safe Schools Week! “Our Safety Story”
-We stick together, we can see it through 'cause you've got a friend in me!
Join others across the Commonwealth during this awareness campaign…
Take the pledge
Hold assemblies
Embed lessons about bully prevention and cyber safety
Involve your community with signing of proclamations, radio, TV and news updates about your local campaigns
We need our students to ban together with school staff and the community to create a feeling of community and friendship at school.