9th grade parents: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. During this month, our school will be drawing attention to the problem of suicide and advocating the prevention of this tragedy. The awareness generated this month has the potential to have an enormous impact on our school community, even the chance to save a life. Thank you for supporting this initiative and continuing the conversation at home with your students. On September 19th, the Student Support Department will be implementing the Signs of Suicide Lesson (SOS) to all 9th grade students in their GT Block class. Fulton County Schools takes seriously the personal/social and physical safety of our students. To proactively address concerns of depression and child/adolescent suicide, the district is providing faculty suicide prevention training and a student suicide prevention lesson as part of the Signs of Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program. The SOS program has proven successful at increasing help-seeking by students who are concerned about themselves or a friend. If you DO NOT wish for your child to participate in the lesson, please sign and return this form to your child’s counselor: