Hundreds of Wake County Schools students will take part in the three-day meeting that will feature a contest and free concert. We should be concerned because violence is an issue in schools all over. As a member of your community and school, you should want to represent your school in the best way that you can, try to get involved, and try to make your school the best it can be. Clubs have been working with Dr. Ron Anderson and Sherry Hinkle of the Wake County Schools to plan the summit and involve students in bettering their community and schools. A part of their plan is to have student teams design projects their high school can implement to support students and make schools safer.
Every school already has a safe schools plan.
We want the school teams at the summit to do a youth safe schools project from the perspective of how do they feel. A lot of times, the missing piece is the child's opinion, what that student feels like it needs to make it successful. Students attending the summit will also learn more about the development of assets. The kids who have more of these assets tend to be less risk taking, less involved in violence, less involved in negative behavior and more likely to succeed. These 40 assets, which have been researched over the years, we know young people need.