STAND Month at Jenkins

STAND Month in NNPS

STAND is a division-wide, student led campaign that has been taking place in Newport News since 2016. STAND encourages students to lead efforts in their school and community to discourage bullying and promote positive school culture.

For the entire month of October, Jenkins students will participate in fun spirit days, activities promoting a safe and welcoming school environment, and will have the opportunity to share their ideas with the Jenkins community! They will also learn about what bullying is (and what they can do to prevent it) during their classroom guidance lessons and on the morning show.

Check out the information below for ALL our activities, and check the bottom of this page for some ways to keep the conversation going at home!

Week 1 & 2 Activities

Oct. 1: Kick-off! Begin learning about what bullying is (and isn't!) on the Morning Show.

Oct. 2: Show what you know on the Bullying Quiz!

Oct. 3: STAND Student Video Challenge begins! Win a prize for your school! Due October 17. Talk to Ms. Brown if interested.

Oct. 6: Wear BLUE for the World Day of Bullying Prevention

Oct. 7: Sign the Bully Free Pledge with your class

Oct. 8: Wear clothing that represents your culture or heritage for Celebrate Me! Day. Share something from your culture with your class - music, recipes, stories, etc.

Oct. 9: (CLUB DAY!) Operation Kindness Day - Send a kind message to someone. Work with your club to share an act of kindness with others. Stay tuned for the KICKOFF of our new Digital Kindness Wall!

Oct. 10: Teacher work day and Parent Conferences - no school for students.

Week 3 Activities

Oct. 13: STAND Together and Read - enjoy a story about kindness from our guest readers.

Oct. 14: Digital Citizenship Day - Learn more about how to keep yourself and others safe online.

Oct. 15: Write About It - Jenkins students can choose to join our STAND Month challenge by creating a poster or writing a story, poem, or nonfiction piece about kindness and preventing bullying. Due by October 23.

Oct. 16: STAND Night at Todd Stadium!! Students and families - join us at Todd Stadium to sign the anti-bullying pledge and join the Bullying Prevention Walk at 6:30 pm! Wear BLUE and bring your student ID for free entry, and stick around for the Heritage vs. Menchville game after the walk!

Oct. 17: Watch the videos shared with your class to learn more about the science of kindness and stress. How does kindness affect our stress level? What about bullying?

Week 4 Activities

Book Fair Week!

Oct. 20: Leaders Take a STAND Day - Learn more about how to change from just being a bystander, to being an UPstander!

Oct. 21: Leaders Take ACTION Day - Work with your class or in a group to identify a problem at Jenkins based around safety, bullying, or school culture. Later this week, we'll create a plan to start solving the problem.

Oct. 22: Wear ORANGE for Unity Day to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.

Oct. 23: Leaders Solve Problems Day - Work in groups or as a class to create a plan to solve the problem you identified earlier this week.
Don't forget to join us for our October Family Night at 6 pm! STAND Month Challenge winners will be displayed at the event.

Oct. 24: (CLUB DAY!) Wear RED to kick off Red Ribbon Week. What are some of the ways we can make healthy choices for our bodies, minds, friendships, and community? Take some extra time to get your body moving today!

Week 5 Activities

Oct. 27: Wear JAGUAR gear - blue, yellow, and jaguar print! - to show your JES pride for "Rep Your School" Day. What makes Jenkins a great place to learn?

Oct. 28: Community Day of Service - Work together to conduct an act of service here at Jenkins or in your community.

Oct. 29: Link it Together - Reflect on your month of learning about STAND, bullying prevention, and kindness. Create your link in the chain with one thing you will do to prevent bullying.

Oct. 30: No One Eats Alone Day - invite someone new to sit with you at lunch or to play with you at recess. Sit with people you don't know as well and find out what you might have in common!

October 31: Wear a SUPERHERO or CHAMPIONSHIP t-shirt/jersey for STAND Champion Day. Send a thank you message to YOUR champion - a role model or someone you look up to!
NNPS will announce the Student Video Challenge winners.

Definitions

Our definition of bullying can be remembered with P.O.P. - Power, Ongoing, and Purposeful.

"Power" means that bullying usually involves someone bigger or older picking on someone small, or a group picking on someone who is alone.
"Ongoing" means that we don't call it bullying if it has only happened one time; bullying happens over and over, even after someone has been asked to stop.
"Purposeful" means that bullying is not hurting someone else's feelings by accident; bullies know what they're doing is hurtful and choose to do it anyway.

Roles in bullying include:

Bully: someone using real or perceived power to hurt someone else, over and over
Target: the person being bullied
Bystander: someone who sees bullying happening, but doesn't take part or report it
Upstander: someone who speaks up and helps the person being bullied, either helping them directly or reporting it to an adult.

Some things that often get confused with bullying are:

A Mean Moment: someone hurt someone else's feelings, and knows it, but it only happened one time (and is usually connected to strong feelings). The person who hurt someone else is able to apologize and make it right once everyone calms down.
Conflict: Two people are disagreeing - but both are equals, and there is a solution to a problem, even if they might need help finding it.
Teasing: You might hear things that sound mean ("roasting"), but everyone is having fun/laughing and everyone is participating equally. If someone asks for it to stop, it does.
- Remember, you don't get to decide what hurts someone else's feelings - if they say they don't like it, stop and apologize.
- Because this often does end up going too far and hurting people's feelings, teasing or roasting is not something we should do at school.

Family Connection

Join our conversation on bullying prevention during STAND Month, and on healthy choices during Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31). Some suggested topics are below.

What is bullying? How can we tell the difference between bullying and other problems that kids might have with each other?
What is an upstander? How is it different from a bystander?
What effect can bullying have on targets, bullies, and bystanders?
How does being bullied create stress? What does stress do to our bodies and brains?
What should we do if we see bullying happen?
Who are some people you can report bullying to?
Why is it important for students who see bullying to report it right away?
Why is it important for kids NOT to try to 'bully back' or hurt the other person?
What are some healthy choices we can make for our bodies?
What is "positive self talk"? How can it help our minds feel healthy and strong?
How do our choices online impact our mental health?
What are healthy ways to deal with conflict?
How can we make our school/neighborhood/community a safer and happier place?
What are some red flags and green flags for your friends (signs that they are a good friend to you, or that they are not)?
- Example: Red flags - tries to tell you who to be friends with, always have to do what they want, blames you for everything, seems to be competing with you, criticizes you
- Green flags - respects your boundaries, admits and fixes their mistakes, encourages and supports you, you can be yourself around them, you can disagree respectfully

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