Under our Safe Schools Policy, we are supporting a system-level strategy for fostering and maintaining positive learning environments at all our schools. This strategy has three key areas of focus:

1. stressing the responsibility that all stakeholders have in maintaining a safe-school environment;
2. ensuring a consistent, coordinated approach to handling violent incidents that occur in schools;
3. including violence prevention in all aspects of the curriculum from junior kindergarten to the end of secondary school.

We believe that maintaining safe schools is an ongoing process involving all partners within the broader school community. Each school is encouraged to develop, implement and review its code of conduct through a collaboration involving staff, students, parents and the community.

The resource information on this site is intended for parents, students, teachers, principals, support staff, and community partners. The information was developed to assist with the implementation of the Safe Schools Policy and Procedures Document and to ultimately help make the schools in the Thames Valley District School Board safe places of learning.

Currently, the site contains information about:

• Characteristics of a school that is safe and responsive to all children
• Information about bullying
• Bullying: Intervention and Prevention
• What can parents do about bullying?
• Identifying early warning signs of violence
• Responding to early warning signs of violence
• Violence prevention - programs/resources
• Safe schools policy document

Please click on the appropriate links for more information.

Any comments about the site should be directed to Debbie Townsley, Learning Coordinator - Safe Schools at 452-2000, ext. 20048.

April 24, 2008

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