1. BULLYING AND OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES

2. Distractions from School
Choosing Friends
Distractions from School
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Peer Pressure
Health
How you treat others
Bullying

3. WHAT IS BULLYING?
Any pattern of gestures or written, electronic, verbal communication, any physical act, or threatening communication that:
- places a student in fear of harm to self or property
- interferes or impairs a student’s educational performance, opportunities, or benefits :

4. BULLYING AT MOUNT TABOR
Freshmen Survey Last Year
180 9th grade students reported witnessing bullying at Mount Tabor High School (41% of the class)
47 9th grade students reported being a target of bullying)

5. TYPES OF BULLYING Obscene Gestures Unwanted Physical Contact
Hurtful Name Calling/Profanity
Teasing
Intimidation
Cyberbulling
Spreading False Rumors
Excluding/Socially Isolating to Cause Emotional Harm

6. DISCRIMINATION Religion National Origin Race Ancestry
Sexual Orientation
Gender
Disability
Color
Academic Status
Socioeconomic Status
Gender Identity
Physical Appearance

7. Tyler Clementi, 18 New Jersey
Seth Walsh, California
BECAUSE OF BULLYING
Asher Brown, Texas

8. Phoebe Prince, 15 Massachusetts
Sean Mulveyhill, 18
Kayla Narey, 18
Phoebe Prince, 15 Massachusetts
Flannery Mullins, 17
Sharon Velazquez, 17
Ashley Longe, 17
Austin Renaud, 18

9. Ashley Rogers, 15 Kernersville, NC Glenn High School
In Our Community
Ashley Rogers, Kernersville, NC Glenn High School

10. WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Tell Someone! Take a Stand Embrace Difference
Lead by Example
Tell Someone!

11. WSFCS School Board Policy
No students should ever engage in or be subjected top bullying behavior.
The target determines if he or she is experiencing a “hostile environment.”
Bullying includes discriminating against someone because they are “different.”
No person is allowed to retaliate against anyone who reports bullying behavior.
Any school employee who witnesses bullying behavior shall report it to the proper authority.
The Principal or Principal’s desginee shall investigate the report.

12. What does bullying look like at Mount Tabor?

13. Where do you see or experience bullying?

14. How does it feel when you experience or witness bullying?

15. What should someone do if they are experiencing bullying?

16. What are some ways to help someone who has been bullied?

17. How can you make Mount Tabor a safe place for ALL students?

18. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
-Mother Teresa