As part of the Bancroft-Rosalie School Positive Behavior Intervention Support program, students will be discuss bullying. The discussion will center around the documentary film "Bully." Today grades 10-12 will watch the documentary. Later it will be shown to grades 5-9. The film does have some bad language and one of the victims of bullying is gay. Parents and students can decide not to view the film if they choose. The film is rated PG-13 and we feel it is appropriate for students who will be viewing it.
The following is a description of the "Bully."
This year, over 13 million American kids will be bullied at school,
online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the
streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young
people in this country experience. BULLY is the first feature
documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying,
whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The
world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. BULLY opens on the
first day of school. For the more than 13 million kids who'll be bullied
this year in the United States, it's a day filled with more anxiety and
foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across
the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the
rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown.
For a lot of kids, the only thing that's certain is that this year,
like every other, bullying will be a big part of whatever meets them at
their school's front doors. ...
