"got courage?" Anti-Bullying Campaign posters

  The two high school counselors and I recently completed an 8-week course from AEA and Drake titled "Anti-Bullying: Where to Start". It was a great course and a demanding one, but we all learned a lot. Our final project was to create some sort of Anti-Bullying campaign. I have embedded a powerpoint below showing 10 posters that I created and will be hanging up around our school building on May 1st (May Day....words someone might say if they are in trouble and need help). I will also be having student council members pass out "Lifesaver" candies to all kids at lunch and each piece of candy will have a slip of paper stapled to it. Each slip will have a bully statistic or fact printed on it. The candy was chosen because I want all students to know that they can be a "lifesaver" to someone. They can stand up and stop harrassment or bullying, report it, or help a student walk away, block a post, or delete an online bully. We have done other surveys, professional development, and activities throughout the year, but this final poster and information campaign will hopefully make a difference and make our students think. Please click through the slides below and when we get to May 1st, ask your child if they saw the posters and ask them what they think they can do to be a Life Saver and make a difference in another person's life. Thank you!

"Got Courage?" Antibullying campaign

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Carlisle Middle School Orientation Powerpoint to Incoming 6th Graders!

Parents and Guardians of current 5th graders....did you know you will have a "middle schooler" next year??! I am sure it does not seem that your child should be that old yet, but they are, so now we have to prepare you and your child for it. We held a parent night/orientation at the Middle School Tuesday night of this week and I will be speaking to all 5th graders on Wednesday of this week. I am showing them a powerpoint and then answering questions that they may have. If you are interested in viewing the powerpoint, please click through the slides that I have embedded into this blogpost below. And also add this blog address to your bookmarks or Google Reader so that you always get the updates that we post (over 100 posts made each year with great information for parents and students!). Thank you and please contact me with any questions/concerns you may have as we near the time your child comes to our building and becomes a "middle school student"!

6th grade orientation powerpoint

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Synthetic Drugs in the News, Causing Sickness and Death, and Now a Great Powerpoint to Learn More!

   The news broke this weekend that 3 students from East High School were taken to the hospital due to "poisoning" and supposedly got "poisoned" by smoking a synthetic drug called K2/Spice. Click here to read the story. Synthetic drugs like K2, Spice, and Bath Salts are some scary stuff. Kids can get their hands on them fairly easy, each time a kid tries them the affects can be different, and the products are not technically meant to be consumed or smoked to begin with. And the stories I have heard from medical professionals and other counselors make me wonder if these synthetic drugs aren't the worst drug out there affecting our teens. But the good news is that their is information out there to help us learn more. A great resource to start with is this powerpoint. Please click through this powerpoint and educate yourself and your child about the dangers or these "seemingly harmless" drugs. They are not harmless....they are dangerous and possibly deadly

Parents360 Synthetic Drugs (Bath Salts & K2 / Spice)

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