I carried a SAK (I think it was a Lumberjack model) throughout middle and high school, it was just a tool then.
Concerning teachers knowing that students are hunters. I must live in a different world because my son and his friends often go hunting with their treachers. The teachers also often help the kids get ahead in class, that way they can miss a few days to a week of school to attend family deer or moose camp.
Mike