Children at Lehigh Elementary School in Walnutport, Northampton County are learning how to stand up to bullying. The "Box Out Bullying" program uses skits and humor to teach lessons about peer pressure and bad behavior. Jennifer Borzillo, a guidance counselor at the school, says bullying hot spots are the cafeteria, the bus and the playground.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Blog Out The Bully: My bullied son's last day on Earth
Blog Out The Bully: My bullied son's last day on Earth
This is a terrible story about this plague of bullying and how it is affect our youth.
Bullying comes in all forms. In this case Bermudez was verbally bullied.
And words do hurt. Whoever said sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me only got half the story right. Ignoring name calling isn't enough.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
Bermudez doesn't understand why the children at school couldn't learn to get along. Because of it, she'll never get to see her son grow up."
Student who are bullied can put up with things that can last a lifetime. It can also lead to acts of desperation.
This is a terrible story about this plague of bullying and how it is affect our youth.
Bullying comes in all forms. In this case Bermudez was verbally bullied.
And words do hurt. Whoever said sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me only got half the story right. Ignoring name calling isn't enough.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
Bermudez doesn't understand why the children at school couldn't learn to get along. Because of it, she'll never get to see her son grow up."
Student who are bullied can put up with things that can last a lifetime. It can also lead to acts of desperation.
My bullied son's last day on Earth
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/23/bullying.suicide/index.html
This is a terrible story about this plague of bullying and how it is affect our youth.
Bullying comes in all forms. In this case Bermudez was verbally bullied.
And words do hurt. Whoever said sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me only got half the story right. Ignoring name calling isn't enough.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
Bermudez doesn't understand why the children at school couldn't learn to get along. Because of it, she'll never get to see her son grow up."
Student who are bullied can put up with things that can last a lifetime. It can also lead to acts of desperation.
This is a terrible story about this plague of bullying and how it is affect our youth.
Bullying comes in all forms. In this case Bermudez was verbally bullied.
And words do hurt. Whoever said sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me only got half the story right. Ignoring name calling isn't enough.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
Bermudez doesn't understand why the children at school couldn't learn to get along. Because of it, she'll never get to see her son grow up."
Student who are bullied can put up with things that can last a lifetime. It can also lead to acts of desperation.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Empower Students
Create a community-based agreement on how people are to treat each other in school
Define bullying - portray the entire range of behaviors from eye rolls to obvious shunning, etc.
Engage students in conversations, role plays, activities to encourage deeper thinking about issues - including issues around disability, socio-economic status, respectful treatment of all.
Define bullying - portray the entire range of behaviors from eye rolls to obvious shunning, etc.
Engage students in conversations, role plays, activities to encourage deeper thinking about issues - including issues around disability, socio-economic status, respectful treatment of all.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Teachers learn to prevent bullying
http://www.northjersey.com/education/bullying022509.html
Teachers learn to prevent bullying
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
Bullying hasn't completely stopped in West Milford's Macopin Middle School, but students are more aware of what it is and when it's happening thanks to a bullying prevention program now in its second year.
Recently, teachers attended an after-school workshop to find ways to build on that success. They looked at what is working and what isn't. They talked about ways to get students to understand the ramifications of cyber-bullying. And they discussed how to get bystanders in bullying incidents more involved.
"Kids now understand what bullying is," Louise Zielinski, a seventh-grade math teacher, said to a small group of teachers reviewing the positives and negatives of the program. "They just need the guts to step in."
With the help of two $5,000 grants, the school started the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, which includes materials for teacher workshops and classroom and schoolwide assemblies explaining the intricacies of bullying.
Students are shown options they can use in bullying situations and specific ways to defuse the situation, such as distracting the bully or walking away with the bullied student....
E-mail: williamsb@northjersey.com
Teachers learn to prevent bullying
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
BY BARBARA WILLIAMS
Bullying hasn't completely stopped in West Milford's Macopin Middle School, but students are more aware of what it is and when it's happening thanks to a bullying prevention program now in its second year.
Recently, teachers attended an after-school workshop to find ways to build on that success. They looked at what is working and what isn't. They talked about ways to get students to understand the ramifications of cyber-bullying. And they discussed how to get bystanders in bullying incidents more involved.
"Kids now understand what bullying is," Louise Zielinski, a seventh-grade math teacher, said to a small group of teachers reviewing the positives and negatives of the program. "They just need the guts to step in."
With the help of two $5,000 grants, the school started the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, which includes materials for teacher workshops and classroom and schoolwide assemblies explaining the intricacies of bullying.
Students are shown options they can use in bullying situations and specific ways to defuse the situation, such as distracting the bully or walking away with the bullied student....
E-mail: williamsb@northjersey.com
Friday, April 17, 2009
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"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
-Anne Frank
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