On the most difficult of days, our kids and educators need us to be at our very best, responding with fidelity and purpose. This presentation merges the work of school safety and emergency management with that of mental health crisis response to discuss the benefit of a shared focus and commitment to winning back your school after tragedy. This presentation is direct and honest, sharing failures, successes, and the importance of checking our egos at the door for better preparedness, faster response, and stronger recovery. *Trigger warning. This presentation is a difficult discussion that shares lessons from tragedy from the perspectives of two professionals who have worked together during very difficult school emergencies.