Bullying: Public Schools To Hold All-Parents Meeting

The Orcas Island School District/Readiness to Learn (RTL) and the Orcas Island Prevention Partnership (OIPP) Community Coalition invite all parents to attend a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23 to talk about “Safe School Relationships.”

Building on  Parent Meetings last fall, at which the many forms of “bullying” were brought up – from playground behavior to Internet cliques to dating and personal relationships – the meeting will break out into three groupings under the topics of:

1)    Kindergarten through 5^th grade – Assertiveness and Bullying, facilitated by Elementary School Counselor and RTL Family Support Specialist Sandi Burt.

2)    6^th through 8^th grades — Cyber-bullying and Internet Safety, facilitated by Computer Applications teacher Paul Evans and Superintendent/Principal Barbara Kline

3)    9^th through 12^th grades – Healthy  Relationships, facilitated by Laura Trevellyan, Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Services Youth Advocate and Julie Pinardi, Middle/High School RTL Family Support Specialist and Point Blank Club Advisor

• “Just Kidding” – When is teasing harassment?
• Friendships
• Couples
• Groups

The “Safe School Relationships” meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30  p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23 with a brief introduction in the School Cafeteria. Parents can choose to attend one of three sessions (you do not have to have a child in a suggested grade to attend a session scheduled for that grade):

Childcare will be provided to those who register with Margie Doyle, Readiness to Learn Coordinator, at 376-1566.

Spanish translation will also be provided. Contact Faith Heath at 376-4527.

For further information, contact Margie Doyle at 376-1566, Marta Nielson, Orcas Island Prevention Partnership Coordinator at 376-1547, Barbara Kline at 376-2284, Sandi Burt at 376-1590, Julie Pinardi at 376-1553, or Paul Evans at 376-1530.