Safe Positive Schools
Celebrating Safe Positive Schools
We are celebrating the wonderful work that occurs in our schools thanks to the Safe Positive Schools initiative.
Check out the links below to learn more about successful projects undertaken in other schools.
 St. Frances - Film Clips for Character Education
Pope John Paul II - What Would Jesus Do? Project
Saskatoon French School Kindness Week
St. Dominic Bulletin Board
St. Mark Perfect Attendance Project
St. Paul School Student Retreat
St. Philip Student Behaviour Matrix
More Information About Safe Positive Schools
For more information on Safe Positive Schools, contact the principal of any Catholic School or the Catholic Board of Education (659-7000).
Social Skills Programs
- Peer Mediation
Peace Education Foundation (Peaceworks)
Website: http://www.peace-ed.org
The Peace Education Foundation has developed a curriculum at each grade level from kindergarten to grade 8. Lessons at teach grade level come with curriculum infusion activities, stories, and journal activities. The materials are created on the belief that students can learn the basic skills necessary to deal with confilct in peaceful ways.
School Division News
- League of Peaceful Schools
Forms
Lions Quest: Life Skills Education
Website: http://www.lions-quest.org/
Lions Quest programs (Skills for Growing Kindergarten to Grade 5 and Skills for Adolescence Grades 6-8) help young people develop positive social behaviours, such as self- discipline, responsibility, good judgement, and the ability to get along with others. Lions Quest programs assist students to develop strong commitments to their families, schools, positive peers and communities.
A two day training workshop is required prior to the implementation of these Lions-Quest programs. Individuals who complete the training are considered certified to deliver both programs.
These workshops are offered once a year. For information, contact Mary Lynn Kemp (659-7050).
Lions Quest: Conflict Management Programs
Website: http://www.lions-quest.org/
Lions Quest Conflict Management programs teach conflict management skills in thematic units to teach students nonviolent ways to understand and deal with everyday conflicts, manage anger and promote peace. There are three Lions-Quest kits in the conflict management series: Working it Out Kindergarten to Grade 6, Working Toward Peace Grades 6 to 8 and Promoting Peace and Preventing Violence. Prices quoted are in US funds.
Optional training focusing on each of the Programs is available through Lions-Quest Canada.
Second Step - A Violence Committee For Children
Website: http://www.committeeforchildren.org
Contact: Mary Lynn Kemp e-mail: mkemp@scs.sk.ca phone: (306) 659-7050
Second Step is a curriculum kit designated to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavious in children by teaching skills in empathy, impulse control and anger management. There are four kits in the Second Step teaching series which includes curricula for Kindergarten ; grades 1-3; grades 4-5 and grades 6-8. A parent training video is also available at a cost. Prices quoted need to be converted to US funds.
The Committee for Children offers a three day Training for Trainers workshop at a cost.
Social Skills for Success Program
Contact: Mary Lynn Kemp e-mail: mkemp@scs.sk.ca phone: (306) 659-7050
This program is a joint Saskatchewan Health, Social Services and Education initiative. The Social Skills for Success is an intensive pull-out program offering smakk groups of identified children an intensive 10 week (20 session) training in social skills. The program begins with key classroom survival skills training and then extends to include other social and problem solving skills taken from the Skillstreaming Curriculum a structured learning approach to teaching prosocial skills developed by Goldstein, Sprafkin, Gershaw and Klein. The program emphasizes family involvement and utilizes an incentive program to assist in the transfer and generalization of skills into the classroom and home.
Training, provided by a Leadership team consisting of Health, Education and Social Services personnel is necessary in order to implement this program into a school.
Peer Mediation Programs
Contact: Mary Lynn Kemp e-mail: mkemp@scs.sk.ca phone: (306) 659-7050
Peer mediation programs offer student opportunities to learn and to deal with conflicts by learning resolution and problem-solving skills. Further, peer mediation programs provide students with opportunities to deal with difference, develop communication skills and students learn to resolve disputes and negotiate solutions on their own.
Safe Postive Schools Binder
Table of Contents & Introduction
Rooted in Faith
Growing in Knowledge
Reaching Out to Transform the World
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