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STOP BULLYING!!!
BULLYING HURTS EVERYONE!!!
DeKalb County School District
2013-2014 Middle and High School Students
BULLYING HAS SEVERAL NAMES
• HARASSMENT
• HAZING
• MEAN GIRLS/BOYS
• CYBERBULLYING
• SPREADING RUMORS
• THREATS
• MEAN-MUGGING
• INSENSITIVE
• INTOLERANT
• INTIMIDATION
NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL
IT, BULLYING IS WRONG!!!
A STUDENT IS A BULLY WHEN HE/SHE
INTENTIONALLY TRIES TO HURT
ANOTHER STUDENT BY:
• HITTING, SHOVING, ATTACKS
• UNWANTED TEASING, NAME-CALLING, THREATS, INTIMIDATION
• HARASSMENT MOTIVATED BY RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, PHYSICIAL OR MENTAL ABILITY/DISABILITY, ETC.
A STUDENT IS A BULLY WHEN HE/SHE
INTENTIONALLY TRIES TO HURT
ANOTHER STUDENT BY:
• DESTROYING PROPERTY
• THEFT ASSOCIATED WITH BULLYING
• PUBLIC HUMILIATION
• SOCIAL ISOLATION
• EXTORTION, MANIPULATION, INCITEMENT AND/OR COERCION
• SPREADING RUMORS
• STALKING
CYBERBULLYING • Sending/Writing/Posting threatening and/or
hurtful messages via text messaging or on
Facebook, MySpace, etc.
• Sending/Posting inappropriate pictures/videos.
• Sending or posting cruel gossip or rumors
about a person to damage his or her reputation
or friendships.
• Intentionally excluding someone from an online
group, like a “buddy list” or a game.
CYBERBULLYING • Breaking into someone’s account, posing as
that person and sending messages to make the person look bad, get that person in trouble or danger, or damage that person's reputation or friendships.
• Sharing someone’s secrets or embarrassing information online. Tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information, which is then shared online.
• Online fights using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language.
• Intentionally posting provocative messages about sensitive subjects to create conflict.
CYBERBULLYING IS HURTFUL
AND MAY ALSO BE CRIMINAL
TIP: DON’T PARTICIPATE IN IT; DON’T
ENCOURAGE IT; DON’T DO IT!!!
THERE IS A DISTRICT POLICY
AGAINST BULLYING
• Everyone is expected to
report bullying.
• All reports will be taken
seriously and immediately
investigated.
• Students who bully will
receive consequences.
• Three (3) acts of bullying
will result in that student
being sent to an alternative
school.
IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED:
• TELL SOMEONE AT THE SCHOOL AND YOUR PARENT/GUARDIAN.
• IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN GO TO YOUR PRINCIPAL. IF NEEDED, YOU CAN THEN GO TO THE AREA ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
• DON’T PARTICIPATE IN ANY UNWELCOME ONLINE DISCUSSION. SAVE/PRINT ANY EVIDENCE AND TELL YOUR PARENT.
• DON’T RETALIATE IN ANY WAY. LET THE ADULTS HANDLE IT.
• DON’T BULLY OTHERS AS A REACTION TO HOW YOU ARE BEING TREATED.
IF YOU WITNESS BULLYING:
• DON’T PARTICIPATE OR ENCOURAGE
THE BEHAVIOR.
• TELL A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.
• IF NOTHING IS DONE, SPEAK TO THE
PRINCIPAL, THEN THE AREA
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
• SUPPORT THE VICTIM OF BULLYING
(BEFRIEND, COUNSEL, ETC.)
1-877-SAY-STOP
(1-877-729-7867)
• Created by the Georgia Dept. of Ed. and the GBI
• You can report (even anonymously) school bullying, weapons, drugs, etc.
• All reports are forwarded to the school district.
BULLYING IS NOT JUST A FUN THING TO
DO TO FEEL POWERFUL. IT HURTS THE
VICTIM AND THE BULLY FOR A LONG
TIME. NO ONE WINS WITH BULLYING!!!
HOW CAN I END BULLYING?
• If you are a bully, STOP
DOING IT NOW!!!
• Don’t keep secrets –
TELL SOMEONE!!!
• Talk with your school
about doing activities
or forming a club.
• Help someone who is
being bullied.
