Building a Supportive and Caring School Culture

We recognize the importance of building a positive school environment and have programs in each building that help in this effort. From programs to speakers, we have immersed ourselves in recognizing the positive behavior of others and creating a culture that promotes respect, responsibility, and problem-solving at every level.

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS): Each building has a PBIS committee dedicated to implementing a system of supports for students that help teach common behavioral expectations, and promote positive behavior within the building. Parents may recognize these systems of positive support in the form of "Bus Bucks", Student of the Month, or the Wall of Fame. Each building may have different terms and programs to recognize and support students in making good choices, but the themes of being respectful, being responsible, and being a problem solve are universal across the district.

FAIRFIELD CITY SCHOOLS

HOPE Squad is a school-based, peer-to-peer, suicide prevention program that emphasizes suicide prevention fundamentals, self-care and anti-bullying. The purpose of a HOPE Squad is to improve access and availability to appropriate prevention services for youth who are at risk for suicide. The HOPE Squad Program functions as a peer support team with the goal of providing kindness, encouragement, and support for students in our school who may be struggling.

HOPE Squad members were nominated by their peers as someone who displays naturally good listening skills and to whom students would go to if they needed help during difficult times. Hope Squad Members will be trained to refer peers to a trusted adult for help. They are not asked to act as a counselor. They will be trained to recognize the warning signs and empowered to report those signs to an adult.

Fairfield City Schools has 127 students nominated by their classmates as trustworthy peers during the 2022 school year.

What is Hope Squad: What is Hope Squad? - YouTube

Advisors for Hope Squad are:

Crossroads Middle School Creekside Middle School

Sandy Lang Holly Stout

Joel Willison

Fairfield Freshman School Fairfield Senior High

Becky Doak Cortlynn VanBenschoten

Peggy Smith Julie Muething

Heather Packo

Fairfield City Schools Hope Squad Coordinator: Marla Mays [email protected]

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