Hidalgo Elementary School focuses on bullying awareness month

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Schools crossed Fresno Unified are sharing an important connection with students - their words person power.

At Hidalgo Elementary School, students gathered for an anti-bullying presentation.

They discussed antithetic presumption specified arsenic "stereotypes" and watched videos astir bullying.

One video showed the interaction words had connected a works implicit an extended play of time.

The works that was complimented thrived portion the 1 that had mean things said to it started to droop.

It was eye-opening for 3rd people pupil Camila Cervantes.

"I learned to not bully anyone, not adjacent a plant," Camila said.

Throughout the month, the schoolhouse has focused connected ways students tin forestall bullying and to accidental nary to drugs.

Camilia says she feels she tin intervene oregon inquire for help.

"If I spot idiosyncratic getting bullied, past I could archer a teacher, similar study to someone," Camila said.

Camila's teacher, Maria Barba, says she's been giving her dual connection immersion students inspiration to beryllium kind.

"So they're loving it, due to the fact that I ever archer them it's ever good, similar you could beryllium the idiosyncratic that makes idiosyncratic other smile. You could beryllium the crushed wherefore their time went from being atrocious to being good," Barba said.

The schoolhouse has besides taken portion successful decorating schoolroom doors with anti-bullying messages.

Barba leaned into the fashionable saying "six, seven" and came up with 67 reasons students shouldn't bully. Other doors had sayings similar 'Kick retired bullying and drugs' oregon 'Hocus Pocus bullying is not our focus.'

Barba says she hopes each of these lessons and activities volition permission students with the lasting thought that 1 idiosyncratic tin marque a difference.

"To ever conscionable beryllium nice. Like, it doesn't instrumentality a batch to conscionable beryllium nice," Barba said.

This week, students are taking portion successful an anti-bullying poster contest, truthful they get to gully their ain poster.

Events volition proceed passim the extremity of the month.

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