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Engaging Students Change our Maryland Schools
Written by Emelia Crown, MCSS SFG member
Each one of our three committees at Maryland Center for School Safety Student Focus Group are incredibly important, but today we focus on our Engagement and Outreach Committee. In the beginning months of our 2021-2022 SFG year, we each volunteered to be in committees complimenting our different interests. For the students on the Engagement and Outreach Committee, they are dedicated to the continuation and progress of MCSS with Maryland schools. The students on this committee initiate important conversations with each other, and continue the work of creating safe environments in our schools here in Maryland. They complete the tasks of conversing with schools in our state, by directly calling the principles or emailing school populations as a whole.
Read more…Subject Matter Expert Kelly Gorman Explains Handle with Care
The MCSS team is proud to occasionally have this News and Notes page act as a venue for Subject Matter Experts to share their knowledge and perspectives on topics that intersect with school safety. Today we welcome Subject Matter Expert Kelly Gorman to share more about the history, goals, and successes of the Handle with Care (HWC) program in Maryland. To learn more about HWC click here. To learn more about guest posts on the MCSS News and Notes page, click here.
Read more…Conference Seeks Expert Speakers
Do you have unique School Safety expertise to share?
The Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) is seeking members of the school safety community as speakers for our 2022 School Safety Conference, which will take place July 12 and July 13, 2022 at the Maritime Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
This summer’s conference theme is School Safety: A Collaborative Approach. We are seeking national and local speakers who can present content, experiences, and best practices to benefit our partners across the state to help MCSS fulfill its mission, to promote and enhance safer school communities.
Do students have a say in the State Legislature?
The MCSS Student Focus Group remains strong in our efforts to become educated in numerous school safety topics and to disperse information back to the counties.
This past January, Dawn Leudtke, Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to MCSS, attended the MCSS Student Focus group general meeting as a guest speaker. It was a very informative discussion on what her role is in the Maryland General Assembly and legislative processes. It was truly enlightening to hear her speak, and we as the Student Focus Group, are certainly proud that she is someone who works for the state of Maryland.
Read more…Paint Branch HS Becomes a Safe Schools Maryland Gold School
The Montgomery County Public School becomes first high school in the State of Maryland to earn such a recognition from the Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS) and Governor.
Since it was launched in 2018, the Safe Schools Maryland anonymous reporting system has given students, teachers, school staff, parents, and the general public an anonymous and seamless way to report any school or student safety concerns 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. To date, Safe Schools Maryland has received over 1,400 anonymous reports and some of these reports have saved lives.
Whether students are concerned about mental issues, self-harm or violence, anyone can use Safe Schools Maryland, which is accessible by phone at 1-833-MD-B-SAFE (1-833-632-7233), online at safeschoolsmd.org, and by downloading the free app via the App Store or Google Play.
Read more…Northeast Police Cpl. Goodyear Saves Student
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MCSS Opportunity for Educators & School Safety Professionals
If you enjoy writing and want to share your school safety-related knowledge and experience in order to help and inform others, please know that MCSS is always willing to consider guest contributors for the News and Notes section of our website.
Read more…Midyear Update from MCSS Student Focus Group
The MCSS Student Focus Group (SFG) has been hard at work taking part in meetings to learn about different subjects that have an impact on school safety. In addition to learning from each other and guest speakers, members have also launched new committees that focus on various aspects of the Student Focus Group’s work. These are for the benefit of MCSS and the Student Focus Group in order to make schools in Maryland even better and safer places to be.
Read more…MCSS Student Focus Group Attends National Session
On November 15th, 2021, members of the Maryland Center for School Safety Student Focus Group (SFG) had the opportunity to speak to the members of the National School Safety Alliance, which included School Safety leaders from across the United States.
Read more…Motorists Urged To Follow School Bus Safety Laws As Students Head Back To Class
PIKESVILLE, MD, August 23, 2021 — With students beginning to head back to school – many for the first time in more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – Maryland State Police and the Maryland Center For School Safety are stressing school bus safety for motorists.
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