safety patrol

Crosswalk student helpers

A safety patrol is a group of older students, typically in elementary school, who help supervise crosswalks, hallways, and school grounds to ensure younger students' safety.

Members often wear distinctive belts, sashes, or badges.

The term also applies to similar volunteer monitoring programs: She was proud to be selected for safety patrol.

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badge · orange vest · bright colors · whistle · students · sidewalk · stop sign · morning · after school · dismissal · hallway · monitor · hall pass · volunteer · responsibility · traffic · duty · armband

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Organized criminal group

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Those causing problems deliberately

delinquents · juvenile delinquents · school bullies · pranksters

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Those who intimidate others

school bullies · class clowns · rebels · instigators · ringleaders

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G