Bullying Program

Each year students that are nominated by their teachers and peers participate in a training developed by the nationally acclaimed Safe School Ambassador program. The students learn how to identify bullying incidents and diffuse the situation before it escalates. Staff members work with the ambassadors throughout the school year as a mentors for them to discuss how they handled situations and to give them regular encouragement and suggestions. For further information on the Safe Schools program, go to their website at www.safeschoolambassadors.org

(Poster from the training students received
for Safe School Ambassador Program.)

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is implemented throughout the building. This is a internationally recognized, comprehensive program that provides interventions at the individual, classroom, school, and community levels. Parents are involved throughout the entire process as well. For more information about the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program visit the website at www.clemson.edu/olweus.

In addition, hall monitors are placed in each hall to provide extra supervision in response to student reports on the survey that bullying is most likely to occur in the hallways. The hall monitors continue this school year.