Personal Safety

The Lower School Counselors will be delivering classroom lessons on Personal Safety. The information presented will be developmentally appropriate in content and concepts. This curriculum will teach children the difference between safe touch and unsafe touch. They will learn the anatomically correct names for body parts, and that these parts of the body should never be touched by others except to keep one clean and healthy.

Students will be encouraged to identify adults in their lives within the home and community that they could talk to if the “touching rule” is ever broken. The students will learn how to say no in a “big voice”, how to run away and tell a trusted adult.

At Graded we realize that these lessons are just a small piece of what we all need to do to keep children safe. Research shows that young children retain skills when they are practiced and reinforced at home so please help your child review her/his learning by asking questions at home and reminding your child about safe and unsafe touch.

If you have questions or would like further information, please feel free to reach out to Bobbie at bobbie.olio@graded.br, or Kevin kevin.kooienga@graded.br. Thank you for the continued support to keep all children safe both inside and outside the school setting.

Regards,

Bobbie and Kevin