Students of the Mission Height School and the Mission Heights Junior College earned worldwide interest for their distinguished, award-winning performance at the Future Problem Solving Programme held at the University of Wisconsin, US last fortnight.
Anusha Aluwalia was the sole student of Indian origin in the Creative Cyber Citizens Group (CCCG), which was declared the winner in the Junior Science and Technology category.
The Baraboo School District board of education unrolled its newest weapon against bullying at Monday night’s meeting, a finished policy for dealing specifically with the problem.
Previously, the district has lumped bullying with harassment, but following a state mandate that districts have comprehensive bullying rules and reporting procedures, the district has developed rules for dealing with the two problems separately.
MATTHEWS, N.C., July 13 (UPI) — A 27-year-old man allegedly assumed the online identity of a 17-year-old co-worker and sent humiliating e-mails to her friends, police in North Carolina say.
David R. Arts, of Matthews, N.C., was charged with cyberbullying and released without paying bond after promising to appear in court, The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday.
NEWBURYPORT— This summer, a dozen teenagers are working to create an online directory for youth who live in the Greater Newburyport area.
The project, formally known as YouthMapping, is being sponsored by Newburyport Youth Services with the intent of giving young people access to resources that are not found in traditional directories, like entertainment, counseling and health services.
Wingspan will host an open house for the whole community at the center from 4 pm to 6 pm, Wednesday, July 21. “Come meet staff, board members, learn more about the center and the work of Wingspan, you could even check out a book from the library, and just generally make yourself right at home.” (from their recent newsletter)
Wingspan is located at 430 East Seventh Street, just a short walk east of 4th Ave.
Website: www.wingspan.org. I’m glad to see Wingspan marking the first year anniversary at this new location with an open house.
(NOTE: Susan Limber, Robin Kowalski, and Patti Agatston will be presenting at the Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle this November. You can access the conference website here. – Mike)
The second prevention “Toolkit” resource to be featured this week is Cyber Bullying: A Prevention Curriculum authored by Susan Limber, Robin Kowalski, and Patricia Agatston. There are two curricula: the first for Grades 3-5 and the second for Grades 6-12. Let’s take a look a closer look …
One memorable quote from the poet Maya Angelou says, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Perhaps the state Legislature had these words in mind last month when it finally passed the Dignity For All Students Act, an anti-bullying effort designed to rein in a practice that was for a long time brushed off as a form of rite of passage in schools. It is unlikely that anyone who attended middle or high school doesn’t have some recollection of an individual or group harassing another.
To some it may seem innocuous, even good for building character — the playground taunts from that group of kids “that think they’re better than everyone else,” as Larkin High School student Michael Engebretson puts it.
But Linda Engebretson noticed the effect on her 16-year-old son.
Facebook is adding what’s described as a “panic button” to its site in the United Kingdom following the murder of 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall. Facebook initially resisted adding the app created by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Facebook has been promoting its own safety features. The “panic button” is likely to migrate to the U.S.
The little girl had her own protective force field.
A bubble. With walls that could defend her against mean words and teasing. If any child dared launch a nasty word in her direction, she’d aptly tell them: “You can’t hurt me, I’m in my bubble.”
Most parents can only hope that if ever their child is the target of teasing, they’d be able to deploy a similar protective shield.
There may be some who shrug off teasing to just a rite of passage through childhood.
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