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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006. PAGE 21.
Girl Guides
Girl Guides in Belgrave were enrolled recently. Back row, from left: Kathleen
Stennett, Sarah Hoy, Courtney Shear and Kristin Cook. Front row, from left:
Jessica Procter, Sydney Jarvis, Kaitlyn Michie, Stacey Hallahan, Brianna
Yuill and Andrea Shiell. (Heather Crawford photo)
Enrollment
There were several new Brownies enrolled in Belgrave. From left: Amelia
Pletch, Sydney Michie, Cassandra Carter, Kendall Jardine and Emily
Stennett. (Heather Crawford photo)
Boards' aim to improve social environment
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
On their own initiative and with
the encouragement of the provincial
government, the two publicly-
funded school boards in Huron and
Perth Counties are aiming to
improve the social environment in
their schools by countering bullying
and by promoting positive character
attributes.
Together, the Huron-Perth
Catholic District School Board and
the Avon Maitland District School
Board have acted on Education
Minister Gerard - Kennedy's
announcement of a Bullying
Prevention Strategy by launching a
new survey of all students from
Grade 6-12. The anonymous survey
will be administered in February,
with the expectation that results and
analysis will be reported back to
trustees in June.
Meanwhile, the Avon Maitland
board's Citizenship Working Group
continues to progress, with the
approval of 10 character attributes
the board hopes to promote through
various means. The list — respect,
responsibility, integrity, empathy,
honesty, compassion, pergeverance,
fairness, optimism and courage —
was derived through consultation
with community leaders from
various socio-economic sectors, who
participated in two well-attended
forums last fall.
"This campaign will show that
these aren't the only important
things in the world, but this is a very
good starting point," said executive
officer Ted Doherty, while
explaining the list of attributes to
trustees on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The
plan isn't to create specific activities
about the list, but rather to develop
staff training resources which would
assist teachers and principals in
promoting these attributes while
carrying out their existing duties.
Promoting such attributes could
definitely decrease bullying, and
that's the same goal as the new
surveys. "We look forward to
working with parents and
community partners to use this
survey as another means of
maintaining safe and orderly
environments for all students," states
a news release from the Catholic
board about the project.
It's all part of the two boards'
Bullying Prevention Plan, for which
funding was first announced by the
provincial government in the fall of
2004. Other parts of that
announcement included funding for
the installation of security and video
monitoring devices, and a toll-free
telephone hotline for concerns about
bullying.
Details of the Bullying Prevention
Plans were provided last week to
trustees of both boards, during
regular meetings. Elements include
links to resources on the board
websites, participation — along with
other community stakeholders — on
the Huron County Bullying
Prevention Committee, analysis of
all board procedures to ensure
bullying is not condoned or
promoted, and planning for the
creation of safety and bullying-
related committees in each school.
The main component is the survey,
however, on which the boards
worked together. It contains about
75 statements, and students will be
asked the degree to which they agree
with the statements. Statements are
grouped into various themes,
ranging from location of bullying to
type of bullying to dealing with
bullying and student perception. No
names are attached.
According to Avon Maitland
principal Mike Ash, who presented a
report about that board's plan to
trustees, it's possible another survey
will be conducted in another three
years or so, to see what changes have
taken place.
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