Wednesday June 15 – The sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Orville Wright Middle School in West Los Angeles took a pledge to stand-up against bullying during a 30 minute assembly held in the school gymnasium.
Organized by community activist Monica Harmon, members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division spoke to the crowd of a few hundred students and offered them some examples of not only bullying, but cyber-bullying as well.
“If you are being bullied don’t be afraid to tell someone,” said Senior Lead Officer Marcy Garcia. “Don’t feel like you are alone.”
There are different types of bullying including verbal, social, physical and cyber. Some examples include name-calling, teasing, spreading rumors, leaving people out on purpose, breaking up friendships, hitting, punching, shoving, and using the internet and mobile phones or other digital technologies to harm others.
In addition to the lecture on bullying the students were also shown a series of short videos, news reports and public service announcements on the seriousness of bullying. At the end of the assembly, all the students in attendance took a sworn oath to “take a stand” against bullying.
These assemblies began in March and have been held in the Pacific, Newton, Central, Southeast, and Hollenbeck areas with scheduled assemblies in Hollywood and West Valley areas.
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