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2024 Champions—Supporting and Promoting Bullying Prevention In Their Community
| AL | Randolph Park Elementary | The students will participate in bullying guidance lessons in the month of October. UNITY DAY- wearing orange and posting the Unity Day poster in the hallway. Also, the students will take the bullying pledge. |
| AL | Anniston High School | Anniston High School will celebrate Unity Day this year by wearing orange. We will also learn about the history of Unity Day and expose our students to videos and activities related to Unity Day. We will also complete lessons through Peer Helpers related to bullying. |
| AR | Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc Alpha Mu Zeta Chapter Youth Auxiliary Groups | Our youth participated in the Bullying Prevention Pledge along with a guest speaker that talked about in school bullying, cyber bullying, etc. |
| AR | HEROES Against Bullying | HEROES Against Bullying is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that aims to provide funding to organizations that promote bullying prevention. |
| AZ | Ingleside Middle School | We are a No Place For Hate school where we have monthly events that are themed relating but not limited to kindness, gratitude, inclusivity, determination etc. No Place For Hate combats bullying, bias, harassment, and bigotry. We are excited to be a part of UNITY Day as it fits into our initiative perfectly. We plan on creating a huge themed banner and having the students and staff do something unique for it. Show our UNITY by wearing orange and decorating the school orange. We also plan to have our students create videos that display what UNITY means to them and view them schoolwide on UNITY DAY! |
| CA | San Diego Youth Services | Our Anti-BIAS program services students who have been impacted by bullying. We have a clinician that supports students with individual counseling, case management, advocacy support and provides them with resources such as therapy groups. We spread bullying prevention awareness every day, especially in the month of October where we will be presenting to students, parents and staff. Presentations include types of bullying, how bullying can impact you now and in the future, how you can support your child/client or ask for help. In addition, we are committed to helping prevent bullying by educating schools and informing students/families of their school's bullying policy. |
| CA | Boo2Bullying | 2nd Annual Boo2Bullying Wellness Festival on Saturday, Sept. 28 in beautiful Palm Springs Power Stadium. Everything is FREE for youth and adult attendees. For more information on Community Partners, Youth, Teens and Family registration includes free food ticket(s). Youth, Teens and Families Registration Form https://forms.gle/NeNsowQD8Xx57hu48 Community Partner Registration https://forms.gle/oh9gT3UrRDDZrNi87. |
| CA | Fenton Charter Leadership Academy/Fenton STEM | Classroom Discussions & Lessons, Unity Day, School Awards," Spirit Days and Spirit Day Assembly, Anti-Bullying Posters and Artwork, Parent and Community Engagement. |
| CA | Oxford Preparatory Academy | At OPA SOC champions wear blue to support bullying prevention and bring awareness. We share resources with students, families, staff and community on reading signs, helpful techniques, positive reinforcement with a foundation for tolerance, acceptance and love for our family at OPA. Counselors provide overall health and wellness guides for self-confidence building, highlight strong character traits and support a bullying free community. We share resources digitally and in classrooms and encourage a safe spot for all to learn and be themselves. |
| CO | The Academy | Classroom SEL lessons, community education resources, classroom activities. |
| DC | Cardozo Education Campus | Classroom visits with bullying prevention information- empathy awareness, kindness – Bullying prevention pledge, Unity Day- wear Orange, lunch time positive messages and banner. |
| FL | Skyline Elementary | At the beginning of the school year, we talked about hurting others. Our activity was to crumble up a paper with all the negative words that were said to you or you said to others. We discussed how you can never get all the wrinkles out of the paper. We will revisit the activity again and do another activity with a jar and rock with water. |
| FL | Young Middle Magnet | We will be wearing Orange shirts in honor of Unity Day. We will have the Tampa Police Dept. meet in small groups with students to discuss the impact of bullying on communities and come up with ways to make stronger, kinder communities. |
| FL | Hammock Pointe Elementary School | Stomp Out Bullying, Unity Day, Stand Up for others, Monthly Activities. |
| FL | Loughman Oaks Elementary | The school will be promoting Bullying Prevention by everyone wearing yellow ribbons. |
| FL | Deerlake Middle School | Morning announcements, Promoting awareness of National Unity by wearing orange on 10/16, Display Unity Day posters around school, Large be the "I" in KIND interactive poster in Guidance Building. |
| FL | She Believed She Could Foundation | We will be hosting an event in October that will incorporate bullying prevention information. Our founder and her daughter have both experienced bullying and are looking forward to connecting others to PACER as well! |
| GA | Fitfully Forward, Inc | "Dance Against Bullying" initiative. Promoting awareness through a video Montage of various groups performing a rumba dance to the song "Don't Laugh at Me." |
| GA | Diamond Elementary | Our school is hosting a school wide bullying prevention spirit week along with classroom counseling lessons that teach about bullying and conflict resolution. We are wearing blue for World Day of Bullying Prevention and wearing orange on Unity Day. |
| GA | The Be Nice Program | Through the #LetsBeNice campaign, the Be Nice Program promotes bullying prevention and empathy. By distributing PACER's NBPC tools and resources to her local elementary schools, creator Rylee Ruegger supports PACER's mission by involving youth in identifying ways to overcome stigma. |
| IL | Metcalfe Elementary | Our school will be crushing bullying by wearing orange every Wednesday of the month. The counselor will be guiding bullying awareness lessons for all of the classes. We will also crush bullying taking the pledge to stop bulling during all lunch periods. |
| IL | Whiteside Middle School | We will be staring our Friday night game nights to inspire students to get to know one another in a fun atmosphere. |
| IL | Chicago Public Schools, Network 3 (Austin/Belmont-Cragin neighborhoods) | Promoting awareness and bullying prevention. |
| IN | McKinley Elementary School | Unity Parade. Everyone took the Pledge. School wore orange for a sign of solidarity against bullying on 10/16/2024. Unity Contest: the class who wears the highest number of orange and participates in an act of service together gets a pizza party. Buddy versus Bully: what are we?; Activity with children. Banner made by 6th graders: Together we can create a world without bullying. I am so proud of our school and the team work to make this event a success. Constant discussions, bullying prevention book markers made, additional bullying prevention book markers given out to students. |
| LA | Genesis Martial Arts | Bringing attention to bullying and ways to help to our martial arts school and community. |
| LA | Families Helping Families NOLA | We will be hosting workshops to talk about bullying prevention. |
| MD | Mt. Rainier Elementary | We have a school-wide banner signing ceremony where all students sign their name to pledge against bullying. All year long we work towards kindness and grow our “Shout Out” Tree which encourages students and staff to encourage each other with recognition for following our Mt. Rainier Promise. We love watching the tree grow and change seasons over the school year! |
| MD | We Lead By Example, Inc./Tae Kwon Do Ramblers Self-Defense Systems | Our nonprofit focuses on safety and self-defense for people of all ages. We stress inclusivity within our "family," including new immigrant residents who have their own special needs, whose members are mutually supportive, as well as toward those in the broader community. Our mission statement is: To develop confident, successful leaders by promoting personal safety and security, as well as to build high moral standards that reflect acceptance and respect for all cultures. We teach bullying prevention year-round in our classes, seminars, and workshops in the community. We are holding our Ninth Annual Walk and Rally for Bullying Prevention and Child Safety on October 5 this year. |
| MD | Perry Hall High School | School mental health club, Mind Over Matters, is planning different social media posts, morning announcements, school banner and kindness chain to bring awareness to bullying prevention campaign. |
| MI | Hunter Elementary | We implement these practices within our school and community in a multitude of ways; whole school incentives, classroom challenges, individual student goals, education for staff, and community awareness. We have a monthly focus discussions to spread awareness to be better citizens. We celebrate National Bullying Prevention Month in October and are a registered school through PACER in supporting and promoting bullying prevention in our community. In April our school participated in the virtual run/walk of stomping out bullying and plan to do it again this year! |
| MN | Multicultural Kids Network | African Group drumming for bullying awareness. |
| MN | Northland Learning Center | We are putting a plan together for next school year with our community. |
| MN | Sexual Assault Program of Northern St. Louis County | Community Outreach, Prevention Education and Awareness! Individual and Group Advocacy. |
| MN | FAIR Pilgrim Lane Elementary | FAIR Pilgrim Lane will be using the Second Step "Bully Prevention" Program. We will be focusing on Video Morning Announcements with Bullying Prevention. We also will be hosting a Kindness in Chalk Day. Finally, we will have Bully Free poster contests, Flip Video Contest, and Campaign Commercials. |
| MS | Jackson Public Schools/Career Development Center | The students will participate in bullying guidance lessons in the month of October. Students will wear orange and pose in front of the Unity Day poster. Students and staff will take the bullying pledge. |
| NC | Bethesda Elementary School | Spirit Week and classroom guidance. |
| NC | It Begins with Y.O.U (Youth, Overcoming and Uplifting) | I am the current Miss Ballantyne’s Teen 2024 for the Miss NC America system. My community service initiative is used in elementary, middle and high schools throughout my county. I began this organization after overcoming bullying myself. Seeing first-hand the lack of information, knowledge and tools in our school system and community opened the door for me to begin a program. I visit schools, after school programs and community centers to educate, encourage, and connect with the youth in my area and state. I am using the Pacers Pledge to talk to children about bullying prevention. |
| NC | Rachel Freeman School of Engineering | Classroom guidance about what bullying is, ways to prevent bullying, and how to respond. Schoolwide handprint bulletin board with a pledge to be kind to one another. |
| NH | Chichester Central School | Orange Day, Social Media blasts, whole-school assembly, morning meeting and advisory focus, posters, drawing contest. |
| NH | Seacoast Warriors | At our martial arts school we provide bullying prevention seminars. October 19th, 1-2 pm. |
| NY | Elmira City School District | Wear orange on Unity Day! |
| NY | Tottenville High School (Anti-Bullying Club) | A walk to gather together as we unite as one! We hope to expand in the future. |
| NY | Holly Peppe | Reading the book, Sophie and the Swans, aloud at elementary schools. |
| NY | Southwest Elementary School | Spookly reading; wearing orange; videos; and activities in each classroom. |
| NY | Lynbrook South Middle School | Our school will utilize the PACER organization's activities to celebrate Unity week. We are a no place for hate school which incorporates bullying prevention activities throughout the school year. |
| NY | Carle Place MSHS | Different activities throughout the day to support Kindness, Acceptance and Inclusion. |
| OH | The TSC Foundation/Ohio Skate For Life | On Friday, October 4, 2024, we are hosting "Teens & Adults United In Orange and Rolling Against Bullying and Violence" roller skating benefit at Beechmont Rollarena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Across the country, including Ohio, a lot of skating rinks have eliminated teen skating sessions due to violence. With this event, we want to shine a light on the issue by inviting local media to cover the event and to solicit law enforcement to participate to build better relations with the skate community, and to hopeful demonstrate that there can be successful teen roller skating events without violence when concerned adults from the skate community come together to assist in implementing and overseeing the event. |
| OH | Empower our Youth Foundation | National Bullying Prevention Month event Saturday, October 26th 12-4pm at Gahanna Branch Library. We’re excited to announce our upcoming Kindness Party, where we will celebrate acts of kindness, friendship, and community! Fun activities that promote kindness; crafts focused on building friendships; storytime with Special Read-A-Loud Guest, Ms. Jr. PreTeen Ohio Laila Slaughter. Columbus Metropolitan Library-Gahanna branch open to kids ages 5-12- parents are welcome to join in the fun. |
| OK | Heritage Hall | We are a No Place for Hate school and have already begun to discuss bullying prevention with our students and the importance of kindness, acceptance and inclusion. We will have an assembly to kickoff our No Place for Hate and Unity/Anti-Bullying Day initiatives. We will wear and share orange on Oct. 16 and we will provide the pledge form for our students to sign. Our Diversity Club will have activities planned throughout the month and year as we continue to work toward having a school and community where everyone feels included, respected and supported. |
| PA | Hanover Elementary School | School wide events: Poster contest wear head-to-toe orange. Orange themed photo booth. "Being an Ally" classroom lessons. Giant, school length orange paper chain. |
| SC | Georgetown County Schools | Unity Day, poster/video contest. |
| SC | Super Beauty Foundation | We annually lead Columbia, SC in a Buddies, Not Bullies Rally and week long pop up events encouraging kindness, inclusion, and the need for self-love. We are led by creative and entrepreneur TiffanyJ and her original character Super Beauty. |
| SC | Optimism Preventive Services, Inc. | Hosting Bullying Prevention Awareness Community Chat Night and Community Awareness Information Booth. |
| SC | GREEN Charter Elementary of Greenville | We do a word of the month--unity, with daily announcements centered on the word, orange shirt day, and the unity paper chain. We love incorporating the chorus of John Stringer's "You are Welcome Here." |
| SC | Luna Shark Media | Independent journalist Mandy Matney, CEO of Luna Shark Media blends award-winning investigative journalism with inspirational representation. Over the last two years, Mandy and her team have relentlessly been bullied online by many people, including a former boss and coworker. There have been hateful messages, entire groups aimed at ruining her name and work. Mandy is committed to having the discussion about how isolating, upsetting and painful bullying can be and wants to bring light to the situation in all forms of media. |
| TX | Wylie East Intermediate School | Bulldogs Against Bullying |
| TX | Hopkins Elementary School | "Leave The Bullying To The Bulls" DD Bucking Bulls and PBR rodeo bulls visit our campus. Students visit with Mr. Davis and the bucking bulls as they pledge to "Leave The Bullying To The Bulls!" |
| TX | Nimitz 9th/HEAL-Aldine ISD | Classroom information and poster. |
| TX | St. Joseph Catholic Academy | The counselor is giving a lesson on Bullying Prevention in every grade level from Pre K to 8th grade. Every class is signing the pledge to be Bully Free and our younger grades are doing a coloring page to pledge to be Bully Free. |
| VA | Corporate Landing Elementary School | School-wide classroom lessons on bullying prevention, participation in Unity Day, bullying prevention spirit week. |
| VT | Miss Rutland County 2024 | I will be providing speaking engagements in elementary and high schools regarding bullying. I plan to collaborate as a Champion with the PACER'S National Bullying Prevention Center to engage, educate and empower students. When speaking with students I will use my Community Service Initiative Don't standby, stand UP: Empowering today's youth to become upstanders, to encourage them to sign the PACER'S Anti-Bullying Pledge. |
| WA | Chief Leschi Schools | Bullying prevention guidance lessons. |
| WA | Madskills Basketball Academy | I will hosting a Dribble, Pass, shoot basketball clinic to bring bullying prevention awarness in the community. |
| WI | St. Mary's | Every Wednesday we do a mix it up at lunch day. The first Wednesday students can sit wherever they want. The remaining Wednesdays students pick a color paper and that's the table they are at. We also wear orange the first Wednesday of the month. On Bully Prevention Day we hold an all school rally with an activity and each class comes up with a performance on kindness. |
2024 Bullying Champions from Around the World - Supporting and Promoting Bullying Prevention In Their Community
| - Canada | Dimensional Behaviour Consulting | Promoting awareness and bullying prevention for children with and without disabilities. |
| - Greece | 2nd Primary School of Agios Nikolaos Crete Greece | Creation of a project (Greece and Spain are the creators) with members of most of the European countries under the name "“SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus: Heart and mind in focus - Discovering Nature’s Magic Within” - Celebrating UNESCO Days for Sustainability and Peace through cultivating SEL in students" The project will engage PACER's activities and students' certification among all other activities. |
| - Greece | 8th Primary School of Thebes, Greece | Creation of a project (Greece and Spain are the creators) with members of most of the European countries under the name "“SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus: Heart and mind in focus - Discovering Nature’s Magic Within” - Celebrating UNESCO Days for Sustainability and Peace through cultivating SEL in students" The project will engage PACER's activities and students' certification among all other activities. |
| - Romania | OLGA STURDZA: HOLBOCA Middle School | Workshops on bullying, and a guide with methods to reduce bullying in schools. |
| - South Africa | Matsukubyane Middle School | Bullying Awareness Campaign and Initiative, and discussions about topics like reporting bullying. |
