School Activities
Steps Schools Can Take
- Teach about healthy vs. unhealthy relationships (dating violence) in health classes and across the curriculum.
- Educate all school staff and administrators.
- Raise awareness about teen dating violence in your school (poster contests, fundraising for domestic violence organizations, Silent Witness assemblies, plays, or events as part of community service, etc)
- Make it clear that it is acceptable to talk about dating violence at school.
- Review and revise school policies toward dating violence, focusing on keeping students safe.
Download Steps Schools Can Take Handout (Word Document)
Activities
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Week, Feb. 5, 2007
It has been held for 2 years. Look for it again next year
www.crapo.senate.gov
www.abanet.org/unmet/toolkitmaterials.html
First developed for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Week
Has numerous ideas for awareness activities in schools
Center for Youth Leadership, Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, Ct
has a VERY ACTIVE youth leadership group. Read their latest alert to see what they have to say and what they are doing in their school….great ideas for other schools…...they will be issuing their full report shortly.
Download_CYL Alert #24_ (pdf)
Silent Witness Assembly
Invite your state’s Silent Witness Program to do a presentation of the Silent Witnesses at school. College campuses may have student groups involved in the Silent Witness program and having college students present this to high school students is very effective.
In addition, hand out awareness bracelets, warning signs cards, brochures, etc. These can be made by students. In South Kingstown, RI we held this assembly for our seniors, as a way of reminding them, before graduation, of the importance of the dating violence information that they had learned in health classes. School staff donated money to pay for the bracelets and cards.
- Silent Witnesses Assembly, Adopt a Senior 2007 South Kingstown High School
RI Attorney General Patrick Lynch
speaks to seniors about teen dating violence and healthy relationships
www.riag.ri.gov
University of RI Peer Advocates presented the Silent Witnesses to the seniors
University of RI Peer Advocates
- Silent Witnesses Assembly, Adopt a Senior 2006 South Kingstown High School
South Kingstown High School Students with Silent Witnesses
Hold a “Wear Purple Day” fundraiser
Donate proceeds to local domestic violence shelters or silent witness
One-woman Play: “The Yellow Dress”
Hold a “Dating Violence Poster Contest”
Display posters around school
Across the curriculum classroom activities
www.abanet.org/unmet/teendating/teachersguide.pdf
Please contact us with any lesson plans, activities, books, videos, etc that you have found to be useful and effective. If possible, include the name of the publisher, author etc. We will add your ideas to these lists. Your input is welcome and invaluable. Teachers sharing and helping each other….that’s is the purpose of this website! Thank you!
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