and now i want to introduce jessica eng, one of our superstar students from sloal. >> hi i'm jessica eng, the safety patrol crossing guard program is to be an injury preventive program to educate our staounts on roadside safety so the program focuses on educating children in the pedestrian safety area and helping them become more familiar with the details when they're crossing the vaoet and personally i have been [inaudible] through this program so i find it very helpful that i am able to talk more on this issue and i'll be speaking later. this program focusing on partnering with the san francisco police department, sfusd school sites student advisory council representatives and supervisor norman yee, norman yee's office. three parts are made in

. >> hi, again my name is jessica eng and i'm a student at lowell high school, during this past school year, i witnessed the implementation of the crossing guard program at lakeshore elementary school. this is because my school is primarily close to lowell high school, that was a really cool part of that this year to see that being implemented and as an elementary school student at alamo elementary school, we had a similar program to this crossing guard safety program and i want to share some of the insight i learned with this program. as -- i was being mentored by other students on the safety protocols of crossing the street i was impacted greatly with my own safety. these mentors taught me how to be vigilant at every crosswalk and look out for myself when crossing at a major intersection some of if rules were like look left, look right, look left again and then cross some other ones was never use your phone when you're crossing the street, never look down when you're crossing, these are very pornts even now today. these lessons have been instilled within me for a while now and as a r

. >> hi i'm jessica eng, the safety patrol crossing guard program is to be an injury preventive program to educate our staounts on roadside safety so the program focuses on educating children in the pedestrian safety area and helping them become more familiar with the details when they're crossing the vaoet and personally i have been [inaudible] through this program so i find it very helpful that i am able to talk more on this issue and i'll be speaking later. this program focusing on partnering with the san francisco police department, sfusd school sites student advisory council representatives and supervisor norman yee, norman yee's office. three parts are made in making the program successful, one is proper enforcement so you need some people who are familiar with the program to help make sure that the program is running smoothly at each of sites. second is improving traffic control and third is public safety awareness campaign, the s -- sac makes sure these three points are going smoothly. when schools are first joining this program, there are several steps the school must take. the