Bullying - Grammar School Students

A Grammar School Student Guide to Reporting Bullying (Including Cyberbullying)

• Bullying Prevention and Intervention Policy
• Reporting Bullying and Cyber Bullying
• How to Answer to Bullying and Cyber Bullying
• Retaliation (Someone Getting Back at You)

Don't Be Afraid to Say Something!

• If you feel like you are being bullied at school, do not be afraid to tell any adult.  This could be any of your teachers or anyone who works at the school.
• You can also tell your Mom, your Dad or an adult you live with.  You can tell a relative, your friend's parents - any adult you know.  Don't be afraid to talk!
• Adults understand that you might be afraid to say something, but you don't have to be!
• You can also tell a friend.  You can talk to Ms. Michalski, Mr. Rodak, Mrs Kelly or Mrs. Sutter anytime you want.  Your friends do not have to say who they are if they talk to Ms. Michalski, Mr. Rodak or Mrs. Sutter.
• Sometimes bullying happens on phones or computers.  If you think you are being bullied by someone who keeps texting nasty things to you, that is called cyber bullying.
• If somebody makes up bad things about you and they send them to a place on the internet like Facebook, Instagram or SnapChat or to your cell phone, that is also called cyber bullying.  If they make up bad things about you and send them to other peoples' cell phones, that is called cyber bullying too.
• If someone uses a computer to make bad pictures of you and they send them to a web site or e-mail or someone's cell phone that is also cyber bullying.
• Anyone who works at the school has to go to Ms. Michalski, Mr. Rodak, Mrs Kelly or Mrs. Sutter right away if they hear about you being bullied.  They will not tell their friends or anyone else, so you don't have to worry about all of the students hearing about it.
• If Ms. Michalski, Mr. Rodak, Mrs Kelly or Mrs. Sutter hear that you are being bullied by someone at school, they will talk to you right away.  They will make sure you will not be embarrassed or made to feel bad.  That means the person or people who are bullying you will not be able to bother you in class, in the halls, the bathroom, the cafeteria or outside.
• Your Mom, your Dad, or an adult you live with will be told right away.  Don't worry!  They will meet with Ms. Michalski, Mr. Rodak, Mrs Kelly or Mrs. Sutter privately and nobody will know they are talking about you.
• If someone is bullying you that goes to school somewhere else, the principal of their school will be told.  He or she can work with everyone to make you feel safe and stop the bullying.
• Once again, no one that is an adult helping you will tell anyone that they are talking about you.  They will meet together privately.  They want to help you feel better and stop whoever is bothering you.
• If you are being bullied badly enough that you think you might really get hurt, the adults may have to call the police.  Don't be afraid!  The adults will know how to meet when students and your friends don't know.  They are here to help you!
• We want you to be included in helping us to help you!  We want you to tell us everything you are thinking.
• Tell us how you think you can stay away from somebody who is bothering you!  We will listen and help you with what has happened.
• Tell us how you think we can help you feel better about what has happened.  We want to help you!  Do not worry about anyone not listening to you!