"We will

select the top idea and implement it," says McEwan. "We will

test the effectiveness of the implementation by watching office referrals

on verbal harassment as well as interviewing students."

Before the

school year ends, McEwan says the school will take a survey to get feedback

from the students about how effective they think SAVE has been at Flat

Rock.

SAVE got its

start in North Carolina in the early 1980s after the death of a popular

student. Alex Orange, a senior at a high school in Charlotte, was attending

an anti-violence party that was disrupted by students carrying baseball

bats. Orange tried to play the role of peace maker, but ended up getting

shot in front of 200 students from his school.

The next day,

his classmates asked their favorite teacher if they could have a meeting

to talk about what happened. It was at this meeting that the students

decided to create SAVE.