Bullying Guide for Incoming Students

By: Stevierose Flood, Isaac McDowell, Megan McConnell, Nolan Wall

 Introduction to Bullying
● An issue that plagues schools across the world

● Bullying starts at a young age and continues through the teen years

● Bullying doesn’t just cause pain for the victim but the bully as well

● 86% of teens are or have been bullied at school (Coloroso 162)

● Bullying goes under the radar most of the time.

 What is Bullying?
● The act of singling an individual out in order to threaten/harm them.

● Bullying can be physical, verbally, and emotionally.

● Bullying can lead to social isolation, anxiety, depression, and even suicide.

(Flood and McConnell)

 El Dorado’s Bullying Policy
Harassment Policy Includes: Consequences: Useful tools:
● Harassing behavior ● attempting to commit
● Inappropriate words, sexual assault, could
touching, gestures, result in expulsion
notes, pictures, signs ● Assault, fighting and/or
● Behavior that creates battery, hazing,
a hostile or harassment, verbal
threatening abuse, racial or ethnic
environment slurs, could result in
disciplining
● Stopit App:
- An app downloaded
from store and
compatible with most Image Source:
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- Login anonymously and
report harassment and
or wrongful activity.
(Student Handbook)
 Examples of Bullying
Physical
● Students pushing people in the
lower quad at break
Sexual
● Spreading rumors about
someone's sexual activities, like
how many people they've slept
with
Emotional/Verbal
● Name calling, like saying a cruel
comment to a student while
walking from class to class
Cyber
● Adding a person into a group
chat with multiple people just to
bully them with
 Advice: How to Respond to Bullying
Victim Bystander

1. Involve adults, teachers, superiors. 1. Don’t remain quiet, stick up for the victim.

2. Reach out to other victims, or anti-bullying 2. Give the victim support, ask if they need help.

clubs. 3. Report it to correct adult. (Teachers, Parents, etc.)

3. Say Stop, and just walk away.

4. Be confident.

(Flood and McConnell)

 Conclusion
● We at El Dorado expect a respectful environment here and will not tolerate bullying of

any kind.

● ¨By creating a stronger school community [of]... students..., teachers and faculty...,

parents..., neighbors...; and the stronger the community is, the more likely you are to stand

up against something ...and I think you strengthen the community by creating

opportunities for people to give back.¨ (Principal Interview)

 Works Cited
Colorso, Barbara. The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander. New York: Harper-Quill, 2004. Print.

McConnell, Megan, and Stevierose Flood. ¨Bullying Survey.¨ Survey. 25 Apr. 2019.

Flood, Stevierose. “Principal Interview.” 30 Apr. 2019.

“El Dorado High School Student Handbook.” El Dorado High School , 2019,

cougar.eduhsd.k12.ca.us.

“OPINION: Bullying Is on the Rise, Survey Shows. How Did We Get Here?” The Hechinger Report, 24 Sept. 2018

"American Bully." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 May 2019. Web.