GLASGOW, Ky. — Students at Barren County High School and Trojan Academy are encouraging their peers and community members to buckle up through a new student-led “Rock the Belt” campaign.

The campaign was launched by the Barren County SADD Club to promote back-to-school safety and raise awareness about the number of Kentucky teens who lose their lives in motor vehicle crashes.

As part of the campaign, students in Mr. Spiller’s health classes participated in the “Quick Click Challenge,” according to a news release from the school district.

Using parked vehicles, students were timed as they moved between four different seats and practiced how quickly they could buckle their seat belts.

The activity gave students a fun, hands-on way to reinforce a serious message: buckling up should be automatic every time they get into a vehicle.

Students at both Barren County High School and Trojan Academy are also taking the message beyond the classroom. They have been challenged to post a seat-belt selfie on their social media accounts using #RocktheBelt and to encourage their friends to do the same.

“Rock the Belt is about students reminding other students that something as simple as putting on a seat belt can save a life,” said Carrie Fisher, BCHS Youth Service Center Coordinator. “We want that decision to become a habit every single time they get into a vehicle.”

Through the campaign, SADD members hope to create a ripple effect that reaches students, parents, and families throughout the Barren County community.