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WE ALL COUNT!
BULLYING AWARENESS WEEK
During the past two weeks, Assumption College School has taken part in the annual international event, Bullying Awareness Week. Since first being established in 2003, Bullying Awareness Week has been increasingly recognized by schools, communities and organizations worldwide as a time to promote solutions to the local issues of bullying and working towards preventing them. The Bullying Awareness program typically runs for a one-week period during the latter stages of autumn. Mr. Campbell, principal of Assumption College School, decided to expand the school’s involvement with the program to two weeks in hopes of targeting a broader student body and increasing awareness amongst the community. This year’s school motto was “we all count”.
In order to help promote bullying awareness in the school community, numerous games, activities and organizations had been set up during school hours. A bracelet giveaway took place where all students were given bracelets with the school’s motto written on them as a reminder that we are equal. The Safe School Committee organized an anti-bullying poster contest. A big thank you goes to Communications Technology coop student Lauren Somerville for filming, planning and editing an Anti-Bullying video that is soon to be on school board website. Lauren was assisted in the filming and editing by fellow coop student Kyle Bryden. Lauren, along with her mother and chosen drama students, created this video in hopes that “people stop and think before they act next time someone is bullied.”
Bullying is a common issue that can affect people both directly and indirectly, regardless of one’s age, gender, religion or nationality. As a result, a “pink shirt” Friday took place on November 28th. Students were encouraged to wear a pink t-shirt in support of an international campaign started in Nova Scotia. The campaign had been initially started by two grade twelve boys who witnessed a grade nine student become repeatedly bullied for wearing a pink t-shirt. The next day the two grade twelve students, without the assistance of any teachers, went out and bought fifty pink t-shirts to be worn by fellow students the next day. The event has now expanded worldwide and has been featured in the Ellen show.
Everyone can play a role in both addressing and preventing bullying in their community. Ms. Di Felice, head of the ACS Safe School Committee said it best when she stated, “As long as we realize there is a problem, we can eliminate bullying and reduce the damaging effects.” Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect others the way they would like to be treated.
Written By Jason Almeida
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In order to help promote bullying awareness in the school community, numerous games, activities and organizations had been set up during school hours. A bracelet giveaway took place where all students were given bracelets with the school’s motto written on them as a reminder that we are equal. The Safe School Committee organized an anti-bullying poster contest. A big thank you goes to Communications Technology coop student Lauren Somerville for filming, planning and editing an Anti-Bullying video that is soon to be on school board website. Lauren was assisted in the filming and editing by fellow coop student Kyle Bryden. Lauren, along with her mother and chosen drama students, created this video in hopes that “people stop and think before they act next time someone is bullied.”
Bullying is a common issue that can affect people both directly and indirectly, regardless of one’s age, gender, religion or nationality. As a result, a “pink shirt” Friday took place on November 28th. Students were encouraged to wear a pink t-shirt in support of an international campaign started in Nova Scotia. The campaign had been initially started by two grade twelve boys who witnessed a grade nine student become repeatedly bullied for wearing a pink t-shirt. The next day the two grade twelve students, without the assistance of any teachers, went out and bought fifty pink t-shirts to be worn by fellow students the next day. The event has now expanded worldwide and has been featured in the Ellen show.
Everyone can play a role in both addressing and preventing bullying in their community. Ms. Di Felice, head of the ACS Safe School Committee said it best when she stated, “As long as we realize there is a problem, we can eliminate bullying and reduce the damaging effects.” Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect others the way they would like to be treated.
