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Students Pledge Safe Schools

Contact: Sgt. Josh Lator, Prevention Services Section, (517) 322-5595

Today students from across the state affirmed their dedication to school safety and violence prevention by reciting a school safety pledge.

At the State Capitol, local students joined representatives from the Michigan Safe Schools Initiative to officially kick-off Michigan's Safe Schools Week, which runs November 4-10, 2007 . Safe Schools Week calls attention to the fact that every student deserves a safe learning environment and each student plays an important role in school safety and violence prevention. Across the state over 100,000 pledges will be made during the week.

"The Michigan State Police works closely with students, parents and educators to build a strong and safe school community," said Colonel Peter C. Munoz, Michigan State Police Director. "Programs like the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (T.E.A.M.) School Liaison Program, Michigan' s Law Enforcement Bullying Task Force and the Michigan Safe School Initiative help give every Michigan student the opportunity to learn in a safe environment."

"An ounce of prevention is truly worth not just a pound, but a ton of cure. We have been able to reach thousands of young people across our state with a message of hope," said Donald Allen, Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy. "A message that says we care for them and want the very best for their lives. We have backed up our words by funding effective violence and drug prevention programs. We plan to continue to support our young people as we continue to make Michigan a state with the most healthy and safe communities in the nation."

"Two factors that have tremendous influence on the classroom environment - safety and teacher quality - and you cannot have one without the other," said Michael Flanagan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. "It makes it difficult for students to learn if they do not feel safe in their classroom. The strategies highlighted by the Michigan Safe Schools Initiative are best practices all schools should adopt in their efforts to keep our children safe from bullying and harassment and our schools free of violence."

2007 Michigan Safe School Pledges

City	School	Number of Pledges
Alpena	All Saints Catholic School	70
Alpena	Thunder Bay Junior High	750
Bay City	Bangor Township Schools	2,531
Bay City	Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center	1,160
Bay City	St. John's Lutheran	62
Bendle	Bendle Middle School	300
Berkley	Anderson Middle School	600
Berkley	Angell Elementary	470
Berkley	Berkley High School	600
Berkley	Pattengill Elementary School	375
Berkley	Rogers Elementary	400
Big Rapids	Big Rapids Middle School	100
Bloomfield Hills	West Maple Elementary School	725
Buchanan	Buchanan Police Department	38
Buchanan	Ottawa Elementary School	330
Buchanan	Stark Elementary School	210
Burr Oak	Burr Oak K-12	315
Canton	St. Michael Christian School	41
Charlotte	Galewood Elementary	458
Clarkston	North Sashabaw Elementary	445
Clarkston	Sashabaw Middle School	1,224
Clarkston	Springfield Plains Elementary School	555
Clinton Township	Clintondale High School, Middle School, Rainbow Elementary, McGlinnen Elementary and Parker Elementary	2,714
Clinton Township	Seneca Middle School	1,075
Commerce Township	Country Oaks	1,340
Dearborn Heights	Thorne Elementary	675
Detroit	Allen Academy	980
Detroit	Calvin Coolidge Elementary School	600
Dowagiac	Dowagiac Union High School, Dowagiac Middle School, Patrick Hamilton Middle School, Justus Gage Elementary, Kincheloe Elementary, McKinley Elementary and Sister Lakes Elementary	2,575
Dundee	Dundee Community Schools	1,450
East Lansing	Glencann Elementary School	250
East Lansing	MacDonald Middle School	450
East Lansing	Whitehills Elementary School	250
Edwardsburg	Edwards Elementary, Middle and High School	2,600
Escanaba	Webster Elementary	359
Essexville	St. John the Evangelist	86
Farmington Hills	East Middle School	893
Farmington Hills	St. Fabian	488
Flint	DuKette Catholic School	75
Flint	Randels Elementary	594
Grandville	East Elementary	400
Harper Woods	Heart Academy	237
Harrison Township	Emma V. Lobbestael Elementary	358
Hastings	Northeastern Elementary	344
Hazel Park	Hoover Elementary	430
Hazel Park	Edison Elementary	120
Holt	Midway Elementary	352
Imlay City	Weston Elementary	673
Imlay City	Imlay City Middle School	540
Inkster	Tomlinson Elementary School	235
Ionia	Rather Elementary School	340
Iron Mountain	Diocese of Marquette	200
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Christian	400
Kawkawlin	St. Valentine Catholic School	84
Kentwood	Bowen Elementary School	310
Lake Orion	Webber Elementary	550
Lakeport	Lakeport Elementary	276
Lansing	Our Savior Lutheran	100
Lansing	Resurrection Catholic School	180
Lansing	Winans Elementary Schools	360
Lapeer	Maple Grove Elementary	420
Lincoln Park	Hamilton Alternative Education	117
Linwood	St. Anne School	110
Livonia	American Montessori Academy	332
Ludington	O.J. DeJonge Jr High and Middle School	380
Macomb	Mohawk Elementary	700
Macomb	Ojibwa Elementary	730
Madison Heights	Hiller Elementary	375
Madison Heights	Simonds Elementary School	300
Manton	Manton Elementary, Middle and High School	1,000
Marlette	Marlette Middle School	435
Michigan Center	Arnold Elementary	335
Michigan Center	Keicher Elementary	400
Monroe	North Elementary	460
Monroe	Sodt Elementary	410
Mt. Clemens	Seminole Academy	450
New Haven	Merritt Academy and Merritt High School	400
Norway	Norway Elementary School	295
Okemos	St. Martha School	174
Owosso	Owosso Public School	500
Perry	Shaftsburg Elementary School	350
Port Huron	Central Middle School	670
Port Huron	Chippewa Middle School	550
Port Huron	Cleveland Elementary	223
Port Huron	Fort Gratiot Middle School	670
Port Huron	Garfield Elementary	460
Port Huron	Harrison Elementary	293
Port Huron	Holland Woods Middle School	400
Port Huron	Howard D. Crull Elementary and McKinley Elementary	637
Port Huron	Indian Woods Elementary	383
Port Huron	Jefferson Adult Learning Center	125
Port Huron	Kimbell Elementary	225
Port Huron	Lakeport Elementary	272
Port Huron	Michigamme Elementary	502
Port Huron	Port Huron High School	1,700
Port Huron	Port Huron Northern High School	1,400
Port Huron	Port Huron South	130
Port Huron	Roosevelt Elementary	400
Port Huron	Sparlingville Elementary	335
Port Huron	Thomas Edison Elementary	280
Port Huron	Woodrow Wilson Elementary	399
Portage	St. Michael Lutheran School	100
Potterville	Potterville High School	285
Presque Isle Academy	Presque Isle Academy	48
Redford	Covenarnt-Cornerstone	300
Richmond	Will L. Lee Elementary	650
Rochester	University Hills Elementary	450
Saginaw	Bethlehem Lutheran School	175
Saginaw	Francis Reh Public School Academy	258
Sandusky	Sandusky Middle School	381
South Lyon	Millennium Middle School	800
St. Louis	Nikkari Elementary	275
Stanwood	Stanwood Elementary	269
Sterling Heights	Beacon Tree Elementary	600
Sterling Heights	Utica Community Schools	600
Tecumseh	Patterson Elementary	300
Temperance	Bedford Public Schools	5,350
Traverse City	Cherry Knoll Elementary	370
Troy	Hamilton Elementary School	450
Troy	Warren Consolidated Schools	395
Troy	Wattles Elementary School	450
Wayne	Taft-Galloway Elementary	300
West Bloomfield	Twin Beach Elementary	425
West Bloomfield	West Hills Middle School	398
Westland	Adams Middle School	700
Westland	Johnson Upper Elementary School	650
Westland	Schweitzer Elementary	430
Westwood	Edison Elementary	345
White Lake	St. Patrick School	415
Williamston	Discovery Elementary and Explorer Elementary	800
Wyoming	Godwin Heights Public Schools	2,883
Ypsilanti	Ypsilanti Public Schools District	2,700
Total Number of School Safety Pledges		76,981

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Michigan Safe Schools Initiative: Mary Anderson, MSU School of Criminal Justice, (517) 355-9648
Department of Education:           Martin Ackley, (517) 241-4395
Office of Drug Control Policy:     Janet Zielaskowski, (517) 241-2917
Michigan State Police:               Sgt. Josh Lator, Prevention Services Section, (517) 322-5595