Bullying

Bully or Victim?

If you have a problem with bullying, TELL SOMEONE.

Talk to your parents, teachers, counselor, or principals. Often times, students are afraid to tell because they don't want others to think they are tattletales. You are NOT a tattletale when you ask for help in dealing with a bully.

Learn all you can about how to deal with bullies. Below are several websites to get you started. Be sure to ask helping adults how to deal with bullies.

If your bully problem is that you are the bully, TELL SOMEONE so you can learn how to be a friend and not a bully.

Bully Quiz

1. Do you like to hurt other people or animals?
2. Do you feel good when another person is crying or hurting?
3. Do you laugh when others make mistakes or get hurt?
4. Do you get angry a lot?
5. Do you want to get revenge when someone hurts your feelings?
6. Do you always lie or blame others for your mistakes?
7. Do you destroy or steal others property?
8. Do you enjoy calling names, hitting, punching, teasing, scaring, insulting, threatening, kicking, or gossiping about others?
9. Do you always have to be a tough kid?
10. Do you feel happy when others feel bad?

If you answered yes to these questions, there is help for you too. Tell an adult about the problem and check out the following web sites.

Internet Links

http://www.pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/print_books.html

http://www.bullying.org/

Other Resources

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain, Illustrator and Elizabeth Verdick, Editor

Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney by Trevor Romain

How to Handle Bullies, Teasers, and Other Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name Calling and Other Nonsense by Kate Cohen-Posey and Betsy A. Lampe, Illustrator

Why is Everyone Always Picking on Me?: A guide to Handling Bullies by Terrence Webster- Doyle

Cooperation Everywhere!

The past two weeks our students have been learning the skills that are required when cooperating others. We have made butter, created bubble wands, had a bubble blowing brigade challenge, created pumpkins, built towers out of spaghetti and marshmellows, and last but not created animals that would only come out on Halloween. Even though we have had loads of fun the students have learned that cooperation is a lot of hard work. They now realize that there are a lot of skills such as; listening, sharing, inviting, encouraging, using good manners, giving compliments, compromising, communicating, taking turns, and problem solving. They also learned that if you don't use all of the skills all the time that they will run into a lot of problems when trying to cooperate with others. It has been a lot of fun watching the students work their way through many diffcult issues and being successful!

Red Ribbon Week is Coming

We will begin on Oct. 25th and have our final event on Oct. 29th. Below are theme days that our students should have fun with and learn at the same time!
Monday – Team Up Against Drugs Day
Students can wear jerseys to show their team effort for our school’s drug free environment.
Tuesday – My day is brighter without Drugs
Students wear yellow
Wednesday – Drugs Give Me the Blues
Students wear blue
Thursday – Inside out Day
Students can wear their shirts inside out for a “Don’t let drugs turn you day. Students will also have educational activities that will teach them how drugs can affect their bodies and brain.
Friday – Red Ribbon Day/ Color My World Drug Free
Students should wear red ribbon to reinforce the key message of our drug abuse prevention program and wear brightly colored clothing or rainbow designs.