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Matt Arthur Elementary students were, according to a
release, thrilled to watch the school’s administrators at
their school - prior to this past school year’s end - kiss
a pig. The students raised more $4,300 for Relay for
Life, exceeding the school goal. Pictured are Principal
Dr. Jolie Hardin, Assistant Principal Dr. Varee Harrell and
Assistant Principal Dr. Cynthia Hammond.
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4/so included in the “Kiss the Pig” challenge for Relay for
Life were Laura Melnick, counselor and Mike Jackson,
medidjspecialist.
Local student places second at FBLA conference
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Perry Middle School stu
dent Altony Hall won sec
ond place in Parliamentary
Procedure at the Future
Business Leaders of
America National
Leadership Conference.
The conference was held
in July in Chicago, 111. Hall
has been a member of the
Perry Middle FBLA since
the activation of the chapter
two years ago by his com
puter teacher and FBLA
Adviser Diana Phillips.
Phillips’ FBLA club qual
ified for nationals in its
first year, but the club was
unable to attend nationals
that year.
After, according to a
release, a lot of hard work,
the Perry Middle FBLA
Bullies come in many forms and can be dealt with
By BRAD HAIRE
University of Georgia
Everyone will be bullied
at some point in life, and it
will most likely happen at
school. If your child is being
bullied, you can do some
things to help stop it.
Bullying can come in
many forms. It can include
physical or emotional
abuse, damage to a child’s
property, spreading mali
cious rumors or forcing a
child to do something he or
she doesn’t want to do, says
Sharon Gibson, a University
of Georgia Cooperative
Extension family and con
sumer science educator.
A consistently bullied
student can have emotion
al problems and perform
poorly in school. And if the
bullying is physical, it can
take its toll on the student’s
body.
Don’t ignore the problem.
And don’t tell your child to
ignore the bully.
“When a child is bullied, he
Eagle Springs Elementary wins Georgia School Bell Award
Special to the Journal
Eagle Springs Elementary
School has been chosen as a
2007 Georgia School Bell
Award winner by the Georgia
Association of Elementary
School Principals. The
GAESP according to a
release, recognizes deserv
ing elementary schools each
year with the School Bell
Award. The award recogniz
es 10 schools with outstand
ing programs in the area
of curriculum and organi
zational leadership that
demonstrate excellence in
unique elementaiy program
ming, reads the release.
According to the release,
Eagle Springs Elementary
was chosen for its tuto
rial and enrichment pro
gram, SOAR. Developed
by the faculty, SOAR pro
vides additional support to
maximize students learn
ing. SOAR time is a reme
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chapter qualified again
when Hall placed second in
Computer
Applications at the State
Leadership Conference.
The club worked hard and
raised enough money to
travel to nationals this year
in Chicago.
“Altony made Perry
Middle School and Houston
County very proud by being
the first middle school stu
dent in the history of the
school and the county to
qualify and place in FBLA
at the NLC,” beamed
Phillips.
“We look forward to
another successful year in
FBLA and can’t wait to
groom another great group
of middle level FBLA mem
bers, “she said. “Keep up
the great job, kids!”
or she may feel angry, help
less or deserted,” Gibson
said. “If that child tells a
teacher or parent about the
bullying, he or she needs to
know it’s not tattling and
that speaking about it was
the right thing.”
Parents can become
angry when they first learn
their child is being bullied.
“Parents should stay calm
and first find out if their
child is in any immediate
physical danger,” she said.
The most important thing
to do is find a way to stop
the bullying.
Ask for a meeting with
the principal of your child’s
school. The principal can
then determine if and when
to bring the child’s teacher
or teachers into the conver
sation.
“Again, parents should
stay calm. If they’re not,
this could set up a defensive
action by school officials,”
she said. “Parents should be
proactive but not demand
ing before they learn more
diation and enrichment
program for students based
on weekly assessments.
Principal Andrea McGee
commented, The award
is a wonderful opportuni
ty for schools to be rec
ognized for the hard work
and efforts that they put
in to the development of
programs that are mak
ing a positive impact on
education. We are honored
to receive this recognition
for our SOAR program.
Eagle Springs Elementary
will be recognized during
the GAESP Fall Conference
held Nov. 4-6, at Sea Palms
Resort, St. Simon s Island.
Past Houston County
recipients of the School
Bell award include:
■ Shirley Hills
Elementary, 2006 and
2001;
■ David Perdue
Elementary, 2005
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Pictured from left are Perry Middle School student Altony
Hall and FBLA Adviser Diana Phillips.
about the situation at
school.”
Teachers and principals
are trained to deal with
issues like bullying, she said.
So voice your concerns, but
listen, too.
Most schools have an
action plan to deal with
bully situations. If the
school doesn’t, offer to help
develop a plan.
The child doing the bully
ing should be given a chance
to reform.
The child who is being
bullied should have an
adult contact at school to
tell if the bullying doesn’t
stop. This person could be
the teacher or a paraprofes
sional.
A lot going is on in the
average classroom, Gibson
said. Teachers or parapro
fessionals can have their
hands full all day. It can be
tough to concentrate on one
child.
Gibson recommends set
ting up a code word for the
bullied child to use when he
■ Linwood Elementary,
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■ Northside Elementary,
2003
■ Morningside
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or she feels uncomfortable
or in danger due to bully
ing. This will inform the
adult without the child hav
ing to raise a hand or bring
much attention.
The adult can then inves
tigate or even witness the
bullying.
Follow up with the school
to make sure steps are in
place to keep your child and
all children from being bul
lied. You can also:
■ Make sure the school
has good monitoring.
■ Keep records of bullying
episodes and of any commu
nication with the school.
■ Work with other par
ents in the neighborhood
to make sure children are
supervised and feel safe.
At home, Gibson said,
encourage good social skills
and behavior. Help your
child find his or her tal
ents, and praise accomplish
ments.
“A confident, assertive
child is less likely to be the
target of a bully,” she said.
■ Centerville Elementary,
1998
Eagle Springs Elementary
is located at 3591 Highway
41 South in Byron. McGee
may be contacted at either
amcgee@hcbe.net or 478-
953-0450.
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