Manor School participated in the Red Cross Pink Day on Feb. 24, beginning with a pancake breakfast for all students. George Barker from the Red Cross stopped by to help with the pancake breakfast and talk to the students about the role of the Red Cross in the anti-bullying campaign of Pink Day.
That afternoon students conducted a presentation for younger grades and later the entire school came together for activities.
Three students of Manor School, Madison, Presley, and Trista, spoke to younger grades about what bullying. They explained the difference between being rude, mean, and bullying. This was followed by an activity where youth folded, crumpled, and stomped on a piece of paper. They were then asked to make the paper look like it did to start with. As the young students attempted to flatten it out, they said things like, “That's hard.” or “Impossible.”
The girls conducting the activity explained that saying and doing mean things, that bullying people, can hurt someone and that even if you apologize, things are never the same, just like attempting to fix the piece of paper.
The young students were then taught about the different forms of bullying including verbal, physical, social, and cyber.
It was emphasized that there's a difference between tattling and telling an adult about someone bullying another. Tattling was said to be when you try to get somebody in trouble, while telling is when you are trying to help someone.
Following the presentations for the younger students, a school-wide event was hosted in the afternoon in the gymnasium for all students to participate in including a “Get To Know You” game and “The Human Knot” game. The activities were in an effort to promote teamwork amongst those in the school and foster a healthy school environment according to Cindy Weir, an Educational Assistant at the school.
