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Students at East Jessamine Middle School are sharing traffic-safety training they received in class with younger students as National Seat Belt Day approaches.
East Jessamine Middle School students are taking traffic-safety lessons out of the classroom to teach younger peers ahead of National Seat Belt Day, according to a report from LEX 18.
The students’ effort centers on passenger restraint use and related safe-driving habits, with older students helping present the information to younger children. The program is designed to reinforce the message that seat belts reduce the risk of serious injury or death in crashes, and to make the safety guidance easier for younger students to understand and remember.
School-age students were assigned the responsibility to help carry the program forward, the report said, with the older group using what they learned to provide peer-to-peer instruction. Teachers and staff are involved in organizing the activities and ensuring the lessons reach the intended audience.
National Seat Belt Day, observed annually, is used by schools and community groups as an opportunity to emphasize routine safety behaviors that can protect families in day-to-day travel. For many students, the lessons also connect to family car routines, where seat belt use is a decision made multiple times each day.
In East Jessamine’s program, the initiative extends beyond a one-time classroom exercise by creating a repeatable model for students to practice explaining safety expectations. The approach also gives older students a role in community education, while offering younger students instruction in a format tailored to their age group.
The report described the effort as an extension of student learning into a broader school community, rather than a standalone event. Officials said the goal is to connect safety knowledge with practical behavior and keep the topic in front of students before National Seat Belt Day.
As the school calendar moves toward the national observance, East Jessamine Middle School’s students and staff plan to continue the outreach described in the LEX 18 coverage, with the peer teaching scheduled to reach younger students before the day arrives.
The initiative reflects how Kentucky schools increasingly use student-led activities to promote public safety priorities, particularly those related to everyday transportation risks for children and families.
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