WILBUR CHARTER FOR ENRICHED ACADEMICS STUDENTS UNITE AGAINST BULLYING!
Soren Bennick’s The Power of One performed to the delight of the elementary school children at Wilbur Elementary. The performers wore masks. The green representing the bully and the purple representing the victim. They engaged the children in a give and take showing different scenarios and reinforcing what action to take when getting bullied. The power, is essentially, to report and deal with bullying when it happens to them or when they see it. This morning’s presentation did the following:
- Explains the roles in bullying: Bully, Target, and Bystander
- Shows vivid examples of different types of bullying: Physical, Verbal, Exclusion, and Cyber bullying
- Alerts children that Targets need help and intervention
- Encourages students not to be bystanders
- Emphasizes the need for individual action to make the community a safer, better place
- Refers children to parents, adults, and teachers for further assistance and instruction
Principal Deborah Plat was thrilled to have this presentation gifted to the school, and was happy to see the students engaged. LAUSD offers many anti-bullying initiatives and training. Click here for more information from the Office of Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity.
