1. Guardian Angels Education Academy Bully Prevention in School Presented by Frank Schindelheim Educational Facilitator- Alliance of Guardian Angels Author : RELIEVING CLASSROOM STRESS- A Teacher’s Survival Guide ©

2. FACT Bullying interferes with learning In recent studies, It has been reported that 88% of junior high and high school students have experienced being victimized by bullying in school. Source: U.S. Department of Education

4. Bullies are cowards They tend to bully others when teachers and adults are not watching. They tend to bully and intimidate others when they have an audience of “friends”. They tend to look for weakness in their victims.

8. WHY SOME KIDS BULLY Hi Ronald! You are a 12 year-old sixth grade male currently attending Cedar Hill Middle School. The school is located about three blocks from your apartment building in which you live on the third floor with your Grandmother, Aunt and two younger siblings. You like to “fool around” with kids in your class and often like to show off in front of them. For that reason you have developed a reputation among the adults in your school. They think that you have problems. You generally do not like the adults in Cedar Hill. They are always calling your Grandmother and trying to get you into trouble. You have had these problems since the first grade. You have always found it very difficult to learn and, especially, take tests. The school suggested to your Grandmother that you should be tested for special ed. placement, but she told the school that you are smart and refused placement. Last Thursday, during lunch, you got into a fight with Billy (he’s in the homeroom next to yours). It always appears that Billy is trying to please the teachers at school. Even when you call him names and push him, he doesn’t do anything about it. During the fight, the other kids were yelling and cheering. You felt good about that and when Billy ran to the teacher’s on duty, he was crying hysterically. You felt important in front of the other kids. You like the feeling of being a “tough guy”. You were suspended for fighting (2 days). When you came back to class, you failed the social studies and math test, but you just don’t care. You hate school; the kids and especially the adults. They're always lecturing you and telling you that you better shape up and that they never saw a kid like you. You shrug your shoulders, and tell them that you just don’t care.