Anti-bullying Lessons
Bonnie Branch is committed to Goal 2 for the Howard County Public School System, which is about providing a safe and nurturing environment. All students here participate in monthly goal 2 lessons that are focusing this year on bullying and following our school’s positive focus of showing respect, responsibility and readiness.
Anti-bullying Lessons
Students will have their first PBIS/AntiBullying lesson on 10/28 during Core. Check out the lesson plans and anti bullying rules poster. This lesson will be taught during Core to all grades. Use this information to talk with your student at home about what they learned and to reinforce our "school rules".
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Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
The Olweus Program (pronounced Ol-VEY-us; the E sounds like a long A) is a school-wide program designed for elementary and middle/junior high schools and involve level schools that is comprehensive and involves every single person in the school. It is considered in the education world to be as effective a program to reduce bullying as exists.
For additional information on the Olweus Program, please visit http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
To learn about HCPSS policies on bullying and harrashment, click on the link. HCPSS Policy
Possible signs of Bullying
A child may indicate by their behavior that he or she is being bullied. If your child shows some of the following signs, bullying may be responsible and you might want to ask if someone is bullying or threatening them.
Children may :
- be frightened of walking to and from school
- change their usual route
- not want you to go on the school bus
- beg you to drive them to school
- be unwilling to go to school (or be 'school phobic')
- feel ill in the mornings
- begin truanting
- begin doing poorly in their school work
- come home regularly with clothes or books destroyed
- come home starving (bully taking dinner money)
- become withdrawn, start stammering, lack confidence
- become distressed and anxious, stop eating
- attempt or threaten suicide
- cry themselves to sleep, have nightmares
- have their possessions go missing
- ask for money or start stealing (to pay the bully)
- continually 'lose' their pocket money
- refuse to talk about what's wrong
- have unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches
- begin to bully other children, siblings
- become aggressive and unreasonable
- give improbable excuses for any of the above
