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Does safety patrol still exist?
Today there are 654,000 children serving as safety patrols in 34,500 schools throughout the United States, according to a AAA spokesperson.
What is AAA safety patrol?
AAA School Safety Patrol members are school-sponsored student volunteers from upper elementary grades, middle and junior high schools. Patrollers direct children, not traffic. As school-age leaders in traffic safety, patrol members teach other students about traffic safety on a peer-to-peer basis.
When was safety patrol invented?
1920
In 1920, the American Automobile Association (AAA) launched a safety program to protect school children from traffic dangers. School-aged patrollers, under adult supervision, wear belts and badges and help their classmates make it safely to school.
What does a school safety patrol do?
The job of a safety patrol is to protect students by enforcing hallway rules on their way to and from the classroom. They also serve as models for younger children, who look up to them.
What are the safety patrol ranks?
Students can apply or be selected for leadership positions within the patrol, including captains, who assign posts and monitor other patrols; lieutenants, who assist the captains and fill in for absent patrol members; and sergeants, who maintain the patrol bulletin board and manage the equipment inventory.
What is the meaning of safety patrol?
The Safety Patrol is a select group of Fourth and Fifth Graders that are committed to providing a safe school environment for all students at Olive Stephens Elementary. A Safety Patrol member should be responsible, respectful, cooperative, and helpful. They should always model CHAMPS expectations.
Why do you want to be a safety patrol?
Do you demonstrate good leadership skills? The primary job of Safety Patrols is to help students cross streets safely; to be safe pedestrians and bus riders; and to foster qualities of leadership and good citizenship in the patrol members.
Who started the safety patrol?
A safety patrol was instituted in Seattle, Washington in 1928, with Seattle Police Department Captain George W. Kimball organizing the city’s program, and served as director from 1928 to his death in 1961.
How do I become a good safety patrol?
A Safety Patrol member should be responsible, respectful, cooperative, and helpful. They should always model CHAMPS expectations. Members of the Safety Patrol must remain in good academic standing in all subject areas and model good behavioral choices. Discipline referrals will result in dismissal from safety patrol.
Who are the AAA School Safety Patrol members?
AAA School Safety Patrol members are school-sponsored student volunteers from upper elementary grades, middle and junior high schools. Patrollers direct children, not traffic. As school-age leaders in traffic safety, patrol members teach other students about traffic safety on a peer-to-peer basis.
What do School Safety Patrol badges look like?
I will not stand or walk on the bus when it is moving. The official look of the AAA School Safety Patrol is the fluorescent yellow/green Sam Browne belt. Belts should be worn over the right shoulder and clasped in the front. Badges should be pinned on the shoulder strip of the belt, at chest level.
What should I use to clean my AAA belt?
If the patrol belt needs cleaning: Pour some liquid or powder soap onto a damp cloth and scrub thoroughly. Rinse the belt thoroughly. Artificial heat such as dryers or ovens should not be used for rapid drying. Alcohol and abrasive cleaners should not be used. Badges should be worn only on the patrol belt.
Where do you Put Your AAA Patrol badge?
Badges should be worn only on the patrol belt. They should be pinned on the shoulder strap of the belt at chest level and should be removed only when the belt is being washed. Removing and replacing the badge several times each day can cause the pin to break. Badges may be cleaned by washing with mild soap and water.