Anti-Bullying Information & Policy
District Policy and HIB information
Everyone at the Ridgewood Avenue recognizes that students have the right to feel safe, secure, and respected when they come to school. Everyone in the school community has the right to feel free from any threat of bullying or harassment. For that reason, we prohibit harassment against students or adults in school, including harassment based on real or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), and to prohibit discrimination based on these same characteristics.
We strongly encourage students to report incidents to a school staff member, and pledge to create an environment where students can do so without fear of retaliation. It is necessary that we, as members of the Glen Ridge School District community, adhere to the anti-bullying policy proactively, fairly and consistently. Upon an incident being reported, the district’s school safety team will take appropriate steps to respond quickly and decisively to student reports of bullying.
Glen Ridge School District works to provide numerous opportunities to educate students, parents, faculty and staff on bullying prevention and policy. There is a Week of Respect through out the entire district during the first week of October along with monthly block the bully lessons and a No Name Calling Week in January. We are constantly working to find ways to empower our students to be upstanders in difficult situations while creating a safe, positive environment where they can feel comfortable with their peers and do their best learning. The link below will direct you to our district HIB information and any contact information you may need.
RAS Anti-Bullying Activities
The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act designates the first full week in October of each year as a “Week of Respect” in the New Jersey. In support of this the Glen Ridge School district will be observing the week by providing age-appropriate instruction focusing on preventing harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Ridgewood Avenue School has many activities planned with this focus in mind....Respect of Self, Others, and Environment. Below are some of the activities for the week.
- Monday 10.7.12 Blue Shirt Day to recognize World Day of Bullying Prevention
- Classroom meetings with teachers to review Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying
- Classroom lessons on respect throughout the grade levels
- Week long school wide sale of anti-bullying wristbands $2/each proceeds go to Stomp out Bullying Charity
- School wide recognition of students being respectful throughout the school day
- Concluding the week with a Block the Bully lesson in all classrooms
To kick off No Name Calling Week, we celebrate Dr.
Martin Luther King. This is a perfect connection to discussing equality and
fairness, and how powerful our words are to one another. Use his accomplishments
and the quote below to guide your writers notebook and class discussions.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the
silence of our friends." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The 6th grade will be invited to the auditorium on Tuesday January 22nd during block 4 to view a dvd Creating Safe Environments.
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Additionally there will be a display of books related to name calling on display and will be showing classes clips of well known authors commenting on their experiences with name calling.
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As a school we will be doing a Wall of Fairness and have students silently post a post it of someone in school who they feel is fair. __________ is fair because he/she is __________.
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Also encourage students to learn and focus on the THINK acronym below. Think before you speak.
T - Is it True?
H - Is it Helpful?
I - Is it Inspiring?
N - Is it necessary?
K - Is it kind?