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They Took the Risk
Sharing your highest ideals with a classroom full of 7th graders requires risk.
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Young people’s lives have been changed.
I had the great privilege of participating in the Junior Police Academy program. I got to watch the students in action, their instructors and other guest speakers. I was very moved by what I saw. At the heart and soul of the JPA philosophy is the recognition that kids, young...
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One of those programs that gets students excited.
“The Junior Police Academy is one of those programs that gets students excited. When they are excited, they come to school and stay involved. It gives us an opportunity to do our job and our SRO can truly be a mentor. “The students who have taken JPA have developed a...
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You will say ‘I learned more about life’.
“I think this is the coolest class…the idea for this kind of a class. This kind of class didn’t exist when we were kids, but this is so important. When you grow up in life you will look back and see that was one of your favorite classes. You are going to look back and...
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United States Coast Guard Visited Austin Junior Police Academy Cadets
United States Coast Guard dropped in (literally) on students at Murchison Middle School in Austin, Texas on Wednesday morning, December 19, 2012 between 0915 to 0930 am. Traveling by helicopter, members of the Coast Guard, based out of the USCG Air Station Houston, addressed...
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“It is a choice to be enthusiastic.”
“It is a choice to be enthusiastic. As you grow into adults, people may try to take your passion from you, but if you practice it, it is easier to keep it.” Daniel Shane, guest of Cadet Elliott Perrin Social Studies Teacher, Murchison Middle...
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The moral of the story is to maintain your convictions.
Cadets Colin and Parker Wilson of the Murchison Middle School Junior Police Academy (Austin, Texas) asked their grandfather Alton Wilson to speak to the class about the good character trait “integrity”. Wilson shared with the class his experiences in the Air Force, where he...
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You are trying to make your environment better here at school.
You are trying to make your environment better here at school.
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You can’t be a police officer on a school campus and not care about these kids.
Sgt. Freshour “There are still challenges out there, but they are seeing the positive aspects to having females as police officers. There are still negatives but there are more positives now than ever.” Lt. Anderson: “We are there because we want to be. You can’t be a police...
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Make you what you are.
“School is important. Academics are important. We need to teach our students that school is more than academics. It is about caring and nurturing and being able to feel for one another. It is more than one person, it is a community including family and people who you have...
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Expand their meaning of what it means to have good character.
After the first year I saw that it (Junior Police Academy) was having a good impact on the kids, promoting them in a positive way and learning to respect what law enforcement officers do.” If students can get one take away from each person, they see it and expand their meaning...
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They now see police officers are a part of the community.
Wayne Pappert father of cadet Carlie pappert
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"Young people will never come right out and tell you, but being there for them, being honest – one more adult they can trust, is very important."
Chief Tom Clemons of Seward, Alaska
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You are trying to make your environment better here at school.