Bullying Awareness October is National Bullying Prevention Month National Bullying Prevention Month is a campaign in the United States founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. The campaign is held in October and unites communities nationwide to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. Traditionally held the first week in October, the event was expanded in 2010 to include activities, education and awareness building for the entire month. National Bullying Prevention Month is recognized in communities across the United States, with hundreds of schools and organizations signing on as partners. Facebook, Disney, CNN and Yahoo! Kids have supported the month through media outreach and dissemination.
Poster resPonse Sixth grade students in Ryan Tompkins’ St. Joan of Arc Catholic School class designed anti-bullying and bullying awareness posters, which are being shared with the community. The submissions are as follows:
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ullying is of the most callous things one can do to someone. Victims get abused emotionally, mentally and even physically. Teens who go through bullying and can’t take the abuse sometimes commit suicide. Regrettably, bullying is not uncommon here in the River Parishes. One of the effects of bullying is that the victim might fail at getting his education by not going to school. Author Jodee Blanco Trent Scioneaux is a senior at Riverside Academy.
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s of today, bullying is a common situation individuals experience firsthand or have witnessed. Bullying can bring physical, mental and emotional tolls upon a person that can make it difficult for individuals. Bullying usually occurs when someone wants to play a prank or try to look impressive in front of other people. Bullying comes in various forms, which includes physical, verbal, cyber and prejudicial to Brianna V. Carter is a senior at West St. John High School.
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o you know how bad it is to bully? There are people who think that making fun of others because they are different is funny. Put yourself in those people’s shoes. Do you like people making fun of you? Throughout a person’s lifetime, he sees others not being themselves because of bullying. Perhaps a student doesn’t
Zachary Ramirez is an eighth grade student at St. Charles Catholic High School.
My name is Alyssa Portillo and I currently attend St. Charles Catholic High School. Today when people don’t like the way others look, smell, act or even think, they bully them. I went from homeschooling to a school in Gonzales. When I first started attending the school, I didn’t know anyone, and no one was really friendly. I thought I had to make myself like everyone else to fit in, but in reality I did not. All I had to Hailey Boeckl See POSTErS, Page 2-4C
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Alyssa Portillo is a ninth grader at St. Charles Catholic High School.
wrote, “Please Stop Laughing at Me,” to tell readers what may happen to someone who is bullied; teens can learn a lot from reading this book. Thankfully, there are ways to deal with bullying. One way to deal with bullying is to make the bully feel stupid. For example, if the bully says, “You look stupid,” the kid can answer with, “Thanks, this is my stupid shirt.” That always works. Bullying is a hard thing to deal with, but there are See STOPPED, Page 5C
name a few. Bullying can occur in various places, but the most common place is in schools. Students are bullied on a daily basis for numerous reasons. Factors that may cause bullying may include race, gender and social backgrounds. Bullying also occurs most often when the least amount of adult supervision is present. A majority of the time, bullying goes unnoticed, because the victim is too afraid to tell someone. Bullying can also be done See PrOblEm, Page 5C
feel true to himself or feels depressed from hateful comments from people. This student should not let the hateful comments pull him towards the bully. He must stay strong and pull himself up, not down. He needs to be himself in the most beautiful way. We are all sent down to Earth by God. He doesn’t want anyone to have a miserable life. He loves everyone with all his heart. He makes everyone different, not to be picked on, but to See lOVE, Page 5C
do was be myself. I started coming to St. Charles Catholic in eighth grade. Being in a new school, I was honestly scared. I did not know anyone except for a few people who were older than I was. I thought that I would be alone and no one would talk to me, but it was the complete opposite because the students and teachers were really friendly. I met many new people, who were really nice. The teachers and students were very welcoming, and I felt See TAlK, Page 5C