Anti-Bullying Month

October is Anti-Bullying Month.

Why only one month? We can do better than aiming for one month.

I watched a few videos this morning that were linked from an article on the post Five-Minute Film Festival: Preventing Bullying.

Some quotes from the video’s.

  • “students set the tone in the school building…they can turn a entire school around.” ~Lori Urogody-Eiler (Not In Our School video)
  • “you can make a change.” ~ Tiana (Not In Our School video)
  • “Stand up rather than stand by.” from the video Cyberbulling Educator toolkit
  • “After those photos were posted there was a lot of tension. I didn’t want to go to school…” ~ Daniel Cui

All videos can be found on the post linked above. Please take the time to view the videos.

Are we doing anything about anti-bullying month in our classes? It differs from class to class. We have a number of programs here that focus on social and emotional issues (Kids in the Know, Stand By Me, Second Step). We work on cyber issues (with Jesse Miller and Mediated Reality). We have workshops on healthy relations (with support from Saleema Noon), and we have Roots of Empathy in our school.

Ask your child’s teacher about what he or she is doing to support a safe and caring school for all students. We need to talk about this topic more often.

Start Talking.

  • “The whole school had stood up for someone who needed it. He was a normal kid, just like us.” from Facebook: We are all Daniel Cui.

For more information about what schools can do, visit the British Columbia’s Ministry of Education Safe, Caring and Orderly Schools web site.

We will keep talking and learning together.

Take care.

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