Teens Resolve problems and disputes nonviolently. Refrain from teasing, name callings, and other seemingly innocent behaviors that actually hurt others' feelings. Respect other students, school staff, and family members. Know and follow the school rules. Teens should report crimes and threats to school officials.
Students know better than anyone else what is going on in their school.
Students can significantly decrease their chances of becoming victims by doing simple things such as deciding to walk away from fights and avoiding dangerous places. Teens can decrease their chances of becoming a victim by carefully thinking over with whom to associate. Reduce violence and other crime in schools by learning conflict management and mediation skills, starting a School Watch modeled on the Neighborhood Watch idea, starting a student court that hears real cases and imposes real sentences, holding assemblies that help peers think about problems or needs that affect their lives. Improve the neighborhood by joining a graffiti removal team, picking up trash and litter from a park, planting flowers and shrubs around your school, working with other groups to organize a community clean-up day, helping to renovate a playground. Help others by tutoring or mentoring younger children, taking an elderly neighbor to the grocery store, supporting a friend who's been a victim of crime, volunteering to help out in after-school programs or daycare centers, setting up a warm line to help young students who are home alone after school.