Whitman Middle School's staff will be implementing a school wide anti-bullying program designed by Dr. Dan Olweus and supported by Seattle Public Schools and Communities That Care. The Whitman staff has chosen to focus on The OLWEUS Program, which is characterized by both school-wide, and classroom interventions that address bullying.

A student is being bullied when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more students.

Whitman staff will be utilizing classroom interventions such as regular classroom meetings, incorporation of bullying themes into curriculum, and the use of role-plays. School-wide consequences are being developed and will include parent communications, and progressive discipline. The Whitman anti-bullying policy will be clearly communicated to all students.

 

Whitman Middle School's General Rules About Bullying We will not bully others We will try to help students who are bullied We will make it a point to include students who are easily left out If I or we know that somebody is being bullied, I, we, will tell an adult at school or home.

Bullying is:

• Intentional harm-doing
• Repeated over time
• Occurs in a relationship in which there is an imbalance of power

 

Types of Bullying:

                 Direct Bullying

• Physical-includes hitting, kicking, shoving, spitting . . .
• Verbal-taunting, teasing, racial slurs, verbal sexual harassment
• Non-verbal-threatening, obscene gestures

                     Indirect Bullying

• Physical-getting another person to assault another person
• Verbal-spreading rumors
• Non-verbal-deliberate exclusion from an activity or group