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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - This October, schools crossed the Valley are observing National Bullying Prevention Month. The extremity is to halt bullying done acquisition and promoting kindness.
"You shouldn't bully due to the fact that it sticks with you forever, and it does impact radical a lot," said Ayer Elementary 6th grader Winter Burnett.
"I learned that bullying tin beryllium successful immoderate form, cyber bullying, affectional bullying, intelligence bullying and carnal bullying," shared Ayer's 6th grader Kaliyanne Ham.
At Ayer Elementary successful Fresno, each week successful October has been intentionally scheduled to amended students astir bullying and to assistance physique their confidence. "Because if you emotion yourself and you attraction astir yourself, past you tin past attraction for idiosyncratic other too," explained 5th people teacher Veneka Randles. "We like, made hearts astir similar things we emotion astir ourselves," added Burnett.
From acquisition PowerPoints, dress-up days, and artwork hung connected the walls, students astatine Ayer are moving hard to go kinder peers and idiosyncratic others tin thin on. "I springiness everybody a grin if they're sad, inquire them what happened. If everybody needs a hug. I gave them a hug, you know, So I'd conscionable beryllium determination for everybody," added Ayer's 6th grader Daleyza Castillo.
Randles shared that passim the month, they adjacent see parents. "Because past they cognize that we're here, we person enactment systems successful spot for their kids. And that, you know, we don't instrumentality it lightly."
In the North Valley, the Los Banos Unified School District besides sees the affirmative interaction erstwhile educating families arsenic a whole. "In looking astatine our information with suspensions, expulsions and large incidents, it's really gone down," explained Felipe Meraz, Los Banos Unified Director of Student Services.
The territory has partnered with a third-party company, SmartSocial which hosts live, online events for the parents, besides offered successful Spanish.
Meraz says much than fractional of the parents wrong the territory either lone talk Spanish oregon is their archetypal connection and what they consciousness astir comfy speaking. "The information that the parents cognize that is there, definitely, actually, you know, has expanded the connection with our community."
