SAVE Promise Club

Rea Farms STEAM Academy

The School District of Lee County is proud to partner with the Sandy Hook Promise to help prevent senseless acts of violence from occurring in our communities and schools. Sandy Hook Promise is a national nonprofit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Based in Newtown, Connecticut, their intent is to honor all victims of gun violence by turning their tragedy into a moment of transformation. By empowering youth to “know the signs” and uniting all people who value the protection of children, we can take meaningful actions in schools, homes, and communities to prevent gun violence and stop the tragic loss of life.

SAVE Promise Club

SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) Promise Clubs provide a space for young people to show their leadership, creativity, and passion for protecting their peers, schools, and communities from violence. SAVE Promise Clubs are student-led and, therefore, a powerful and empowering approach to violence prevention.

Through SAVE Promise Clubs, youth organize activities and initiatives that reinforce important lessons learned from Sandy Hook Promise’s programs, Say Something and Start With Hello. SAVE Promise Clubs create a culture of upstanders who look out for one another-creating safer classrooms, schools and communities.

Start with Hello

Start With Hello teaches students to be more socially inclusive and connected to each other. With activities and curricula available for all ages, students are empowered to end social isolation in three easy steps.

See Someone Alone: Learn how to recognize the signs of loneliness and social isolation.
Reach Out And Help: Find out what you can do to help others feel included.
Start With Hello: Discover how to break the ice and strike up a conversation.

Say Something

Say Something program teaches middle and high school students to recognize the warning signs of someone at-risk of hurting themselves or others and how to say something to a trusted adult to get help.

Learn about different types of warning signs or threats and how to spot them, especially on social media.
Understand strategies to take action and overcome potential barriers to being an “upstander” rather than a “bystander.”
Learn how to intervene by telling a trusted adult or using an anonymous reporting system.

rachel's challenge

Rachel's Challenge exists to equip and inspire individuals to replace acts of violence, bullying, and negativity with acts of respect, kindness, and compassion. Rachel's Challenge is based on the life and writings found in the journals of Rachel Joy Scott.

Rachel Joy Scott was a 17 year old student at Columbine High School in Colorado. Rachel was the first fatality of the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999.

Rachel was energized by people. This love expressed itself in an outgoing personality and a heartfelt compassion for people in need. Rachel learned the power of simple compliments and acts of kindness at an early age. In high school, she deliberately reached out to three groups of people and wrote about it in her diary. She wrote, “I want to reach out to those with special needs because they are often overlooked. I want to reach out to those who are new in school because they don’t have any friends yet. And I want to reach out to those who are picked on or put down by others.”