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Hello Parents,
We recognize that creating a safe learning environment is vital for students to achieve academic success. Coachella Valley Unified School District has an online system called Sprigeo that students can use to report school safety threats and bullying incidents. Signs are in your child’s school promoting the use of Sprigeo (www.Sprigeo.com ).
Sprigeo gives your child another medium for communicating with our school administration when bullying or school safety incidents occur. All information sent through the Sprigeo system goes directly to school administrators through a secure online connection. We prefer that your child report bullying and safety incidents immediately to a teacher or administrator, however, sometimes electronic reporting is more accessible, when the opportunity to report directly was not available.
- How does the Sprigeo system work?
- Does the school receive false reports?
- Why is there a need for an online reporting system?
How does the Sprigeo system work?
Students can access the reporting form directly through a link on your school’s web site by hovering over “PARENTS” on the top bar, dropping down to “Report Bullying and Safety Concerns”. Then with a click, the Sprigeo report is available. Students may also go to the Sprigeo.com web site. After completing the reporting form and clicking the “submit” button, the report details are sent in a secure email to our school administrators. Over 90% of students include their name when using the Sprigeo system. We encourage students and staff to include names so that our investigations of the reports can be more effective.
Does the school receive false reports?
Over 95% of reports sent through the Sprigeo system have been confirmed as authentic requests for help with a bullying incident or school safety threat. Unlike text messages or Facebook posts that can be shared among students, all Sprigeo reports are viewable only by school administrators and/or school counselors.
Why is there a need for an online reporting system?
The Coachella Valley Unified School District values your child’s safety and want to have every possible tool available for you to communicate safety concerns so. Please contact your child’s principal if you have any concerns or questions regarding Sprigeo or reporting safety and bullying incidents.
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Types of Bullying
Bullying Definition:
A desire to hurt + a hurtful action + a power imbalance + repetition (typically) + an unjust use of power + evident enjoyment by the aggressor + a sense of being oppressed on the part of the target.
Bullying among youths may take place in a variety of hostile acts that are carried out repeatedly over time. The acts involve a real or perceived imbalance of power, with the more powerful child or group attacking those who are less powerful.
Bullying may be:
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying may include:
- Teasing
- Name-calling
- Inappropriate sexual comments
- Taunting
- Threatening to cause harm
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
- Hitting/kicking/pinching
- Spitting
- Tripping/pushing
- Taking or breaking someone’s things
- Making mean or rude hand gestures
Psychological:
- spreading rumors
- manipulating social relationships
- promoting social exclusion
- extortion
- intimidation
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
- Leaving someone out on purpose
- Telling other children not to be friends with someone
- Spreading rumors about someone
- Embarrassing someone in public
Cyberbullying happens when kids bully each other through electronic technology. Cyber bullying may include:
- Using cell phones
- Computers/tablets
- Social media sites
- text messages/chat/websites
Sexual bullying includes many of the actions typical of bullying behavior with the added actions of:
- exhibitionism
- voyeurism
- sexual propositioning
- sexual harassment
- and sexual abuse (touching, physical contact, sexual assault
Bias or hate-motivated bullying is a basic bias against or hate for a person or group. If the behavior or incident is hate-motivated, it may, in some instances, constitute a hate crime. Some examples of hate-motivated bullying include:
- taunting one’s:
- race
- religion
- national origin
- sexual orientation
- physical or mental disabilities
- The bullying behavior may also be:
- aggressive
- antagonistic
- and assaultive
Hazing is a form of aggressive behavior that usually involves intimidation and humiliation during an initiation process for a club, group, or sports team. It may involve:
- harassment through unnecessary or disagreeable actions that ridicule and embarrass the target
- may escalate to actions serious and offensive enough to be declared criminal
- Education Code Section 32050 specifically defines hazing as activities that cause “bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace,” and Section 48900 specifies hazing as a suspendable or expellable offense.
Links on Bullying Prevention
The CDE has publications and resources for educators, parents, and community members with tools for recognizing bullying behavior and approaches for determining how to respond.
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages, and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant, and interactive resources.
The World's Foremost Bullying Prevention Program StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying. If you or someone you know is being bullied, get help.
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages, and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant, and interactive resources.
The Olweus Program (pronounced Ol-VAY-us) is a comprehensive approach that is focused on long-term change that creates a safe and positive school climate. It is designed and evaluated for use in elementary, middle, junior high and high schools (K-12). The program’s goals are to reduce and prevent bullying problems among school children, and improve peer relations at school.
Teens Against Bullying was created by and for teens, this website is a place for middle and high school students to find ways to address bullying, to take action, to be heard, and to own an important social cause.
Technology and Youth: Protecting Your Child from Electronic Aggression
Cyberbully411 is an effort to provide resources for youth who have questions about or have been targeted by online harassment. The website was created by the Center for Innovative Public Health Research, formerly Internet Solutions for Kids, Inc, with funding from the Community Technology Foundation of California.
Here at the Cyberbullying Research Center, we routinely collect data from middle and high school students so that we can keep on top of what they are experiencing online. Over the last two decades, we have completed about twenty unique studies of teens and tweens in the United States involving more than 30,000 subjects.
Home of "Don't Stand By, Stand Up," StopCyberbullying was the first cyberbullying prevention program in North America. Its specially-trained young volunteers design and deliver community programs to help their peers address cyberbullying.
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Recursos sobre Acoso Escolar
Estimados Padres,
Reconocemos que la creación de un entorno de aprendizaje seguro es vital para que los estudiantes alcancen el éxito académico. El Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella tiene un sistema en línea llamado Sprigeo que los estudiantes pueden usar para reportar amenazas a la seguridad de la escuela e incidentes de intimidación. En la escuela de su hijo hay avisos que promueven el uso de Sprigeo (www.Sprigeo.com).
Sprigeo le da a su hijo otro medio para comunicarse con la administración de la escuela cuando ocurren incidentes de acoso o de seguridad en la escuela. Toda la información enviada a través del sistema Sprigeo va directamente a los administradores de la escuela a través de una conexión en línea segura. Preferimos que su hijo reporte los incidentes de acoso y seguridad inmediatamente a un maestro o administrador, sin embargo, a veces el reporte electrónico es más accesible, cuando la oportunidad de reportar directamente no estaba disponible.
- ¿Cómo funciona el sistema Sprigeo?
- ¿La escuela recibe informes falsos?
- ¿Por qué se necesita un sistema de información en línea?
¿Cómo funciona el sistema Sprigeo?
Los estudiantes pueden acceder al formulario de denuncia directamente a través de un enlace en el sitio web de su escuela pasando por encima de "PADRES" en la barra superior, bajando a "Denunciar el acoso y las preocupaciones de seguridad". Entonces con un clic, el informe de Sprigeo está disponible. Los estudiantes también pueden ir a la página web Sprigeo.com. Después de completar el formulario y hacer clic en el botón "enviar", los detalles del informe se envían en un correo electrónico seguro a los administradores de la escuela. Más del 90% de los estudiantes incluyen su nombre cuando usan el sistema Sprigeo. Animamos a los estudiantes y al personal a incluir nombres para que nuestras investigaciones de los informes sean más efectivas.
¿La escuela recibe informes falsos?
Más del 95% de los informes enviados a través del sistema Sprigeo han sido confirmados como auténticas peticiones de ayuda con un incidente de acoso o una amenaza a la seguridad de la escuela. A diferencia de los mensajes de texto o las publicaciones en Facebook que se pueden compartir entre los estudiantes, todas las denuncias de Sprigeo sólo pueden ser vistas por los administradores y/o consejeros de la escuela.
¿Por qué se necesita un sistema de información en línea?
La razón principal por la que los niños no denuncian el acoso o el abuso es el miedo a las represalias de sus compañeros. Se puede acceder al formulario de denuncia de Sprigeo desde la privacidad de una computadora de casa u otro dispositivo equipado con internet, eliminando la posibilidad de ser identificado por otro estudiante.
Los administradores del Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella valoran la seguridad de su hijo y quieren tener todas las herramientas posibles disponibles para que usted comunique sus preocupaciones de seguridad. Por favor contacte al director de su hijo si tiene alguna preocupación o pregunta con respecto a Sprigeo o a reportar incidentes de seguridad e intimidación.
El Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella valora la seguridad de su hijo y quieren tener todas las herramientas posibles disponibles para que usted comunique sus preocupaciones de seguridad. Por favor contacte al director de su hijo si tiene alguna preocupación o pregunta con respecto a Sprigeo o a reportar incidentes de seguridad e intimidación.
Formas
Tipos de Acoso
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:
- Teasing
- Name-calling
- Inappropriate sexual comments
- Taunting
- Threatening to cause harm
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
- Leaving someone out on purpose
- Telling other children not to be friends with someone
- Spreading rumors about someone
- Embarrassing someone in public
Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
- Hitting/kicking/pinching
- Spitting
- Tripping/pushing
- Taking or breaking someone’s things
- Making mean or rude hand gestures
Cyberbullying happens when kids bully each other through electronic technology.
- Using cell phones
- Computers/tablets
- Social media sites
- text messages/chat/websites
Enlaces sobre la Prevención de Acoso Escolar
The CDE has publications and resources for educators, parents, and community members with tools for recognizing bullying behavior and approaches for determining how to respond.
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages, and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant, and interactive resources.
The World's Foremost Bullying Prevention Program StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying. If you or someone you know is being bullied, get help.