Mount Baker School District

SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVE

Helping Kids Make A Difference

What Is It?

How Did It Begin?

Frequently Asked Question

Since 2002 the Mount Baker School District and the Mt. Baker Chapter of the American Red Cross, with the generous financial support of the BP Cherry Point Refinery, have worked together in a collaboration called the…

School Safety Initiative (SSI)

School Safety Initiative helping kids to make a difference means kids can…

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Use lifesaving techniques they have learned, when disaster strikes

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Help prevent a disaster by using safe practices

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Work as a team to assemble disaster supplies ahead of time in case of disaster

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Volunteer in the community

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Develop leadership skills

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Serve as an example for peers and adults in their community of how to make our community a safer, more comfortable place to be

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Mentor younger students

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Educate in their communities about why safety is important

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Participate in International Red Cross aid efforts in countries where there is suffering

AMERICAN RED CROSS - MOUNT BAKER CHAPTER

MOUNT BAKER AMERICAN RED CROSS SSI HOME PAGE

MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT

Laura Fitzgerald, School Safety Initiative Coordinator- AmeriCorps VISTA
360 733-3290 ext. 3034
Laura.Fitzgerald@mtbakerredcross.org
Charles Burleigh
Principal, Kendall Elementary
360 383-2055
cburleigh@mtbaker.wednet.edu