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Valley High students leading the way

Posted by  on Monday, April 28th 2014     

Valley High School students are working hard to take #UnfollowBullying to the next level by extending the program to their middle and elementary feeder schools. They started with three character education assemblies on April 4 at John Reith Elementary School. About 35 Valley High School students talked to the youngsters about the importance of saying […]

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EGUSD Board Declares October National Bullying Prevention Month

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 8th 2013     

On October 1, 2013, the EGUSD Board of Education took action on a resolution to declare October as National Bullying Prevention Month.  EGUSD has long had strategies for bullying prevention and intervention in place to help keep students safe and ensure a healthy learning environment.  The district has an extensive board policy on bullying that covers a variety of […]

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#UnfollowBullying at State Capitol

Posted by  on Thursday, October 3rd 2013     

On October 1, 2013, #UnfollowBullying was featured at the first annual Stand Up, Speak Out youth rally against bullying at the State Capitol. Event participants created #UnfollowBullying tweets for Twitter boards and took the #UnfollowBullying pledge.  The event was presented by the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Tolerance, a partnership of Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and OCA Sacramento. Event attendees […]

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KCRA 3 Features #UnfollowBullying

Posted by  on Thursday, October 3rd 2013     

KCRA 3’s Brian Hickey visited Sheldon High School as they prepared for the Stand Up, Speak Out event at the State Capitol.  Sheldon students wrote #UnfollowBullying tweets for Twitter boards.  Hickey interviewed #UnfollowBullying blogger Aivi Huynh who led the student activity.  The KCRA segment aired on Wednesday, October 2, 2013.

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#UnfollowBullying Wins National Award

Posted by  on Thursday, July 11th 2013     

The EGUSD student-led #UnfollowBullying campaign won a second award — this time at a national level. The National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) selected #UnfollowBullying for a Golden Achievement Award which recognizes exemplary public relations activities, programs and projects. Congratulations EGUSD students!  

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EGUSD Students Celebrate their Edublog Award!

Posted by  on Monday, February 25th 2013     

The student creators of the #UnfollowBullying campaign celebrated their Edublog Award for Best Twitter Hashtag at a recent meeting of the EGUSD Superintendent’s Student Advisory. Almost 60 high school students from across the district have been involved over two years in the creation and planning of the anti-cyberbullying campaign. The 2012-2013 students enjoyed a special […]

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The Play Is the Thing at Harriet Eddy Middle School!

Posted by  on Wednesday, November 14th 2012     

Harriet Eddy Middle School took #UnfollowBullying to a new level through a student-led skit.  Leadership students enacted a skit with a cyberbullying scenario. They used this reenactment to illustrate to students the right way to handle cyberbullying. Students have also been writing #UnfollowBullying messages on paper Twitter birds and posting them on a large poster in exchange […]

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#UnfollowBullying t-shirts at Florin High School

Posted by  on Tuesday, November 13th 2012     

Florin High School students said no to cyberbullying on November 9, 2012, through t-shirts.  At lunchtime, in the quad, students and staff used markers to write #UnfollowBullying messages on plain white t-shirts which students brought to school. In the cafeteria, students signed a pledge to unfollow bullying that was then placed on a giant sign […]

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Edward Harris, Jr., Middle School students compliment #UnfollowBullying

Posted by  on Friday, November 9th 2012     

Edward Harris, Jr., Middle School incorporated #UnfollowBullying into their school-wide anti-bullying campaign centered on the theme, “Be the Difference.” Once a month, the school has an anti-bullying focus. On November 8, 2012, that focus was on #UnfollowBulllying and compliments. Staff and students wore the color orange, which is the school’s designated anti-bullying color. Students were […]

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The Elk Grove Citizen on #UnfollowBullying

Posted by  on Thursday, November 8th 2012     

The #UnfollowBullying campaign was featured in the  Elk Grove Citizen  on November 6, 2012.  Click on the link below to read all about it: E.G. Citizen: Anti-cyberbullying campaign launched by 7-12 grade students    

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