Students to take anti-bullying classes at G-D schools - Nashoba Publishing Online

Students to take anti-bullying classes at G-D schools - Nashoba Publishing Online
Middle-school principal Steve Silverman said after the forum, the information that had been gathered over the public-review period was taken into account and added to the plan where applicable and a final draft was prepared for the School Committee.

In addition, Silverman said that a new bullying and violence prevention component would be added to the middle school's existing wellness education program with fifth-graders taking "understanding, preventing, and stopping bullying;" sixth-graders taking "conflict resolution and violence prevention;" seventh-graders taking "hazing and cyber bullying;" and eighth-graders taking "voices against violence, the power of bystanders."

The state defines bullying as "the repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression or physical act or gesture or any combination of those directed at a target that causes physical or emotional harm, or damage to property, places the target in reasonable fear of harm, or of damage to his property, that creates a hostile environment at school, infringes on the rights of a target at school, or materially or substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a school."

Congratulations to Steve Silverman for implementing what I always advocate "education is the key", they will see violence decreasing in the school and community.