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Sweethearts and Heroes

11/29/2015

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Tom Murphy, Rick Yarosh, and CRCS Middle School Students
​We all have two fundamental social needs in our lives.  One, is to have a purpose, and the other, to be accepted.  Cuba-Rushford Middle and High School was fortunate enough to host the anti-bullying presentation called, “Sweethearts and Heroes”, on October 20th.  CRCS Middle School principal, Katie Ralston was able to coordinate the presentation for the district.  The presenters of the program, Tom Murphy and Rick Yarosh, truly believe in the fact that with everyone on board, we can stop bullying from happening, and allow our social needs to be met, especially in our schools. 
 
A staggering 17,000 students skip school every day because they are bullied.  An even bigger problem is that 100,000 students drop out of school, altogether, because they are bullied.  This is a huge problem in our schools, and with the help “Sweethearts and Heroes” provided to the district, CRCS is addressing this issue head-on. 
 
Rick and Tom spoke about a number of scenarios students could find themselves in, and how knowledge is power, in the face of a bully or bullying situation.  The definition of bullying is as follows:  A habitual action, where the bully is an intimidator of smaller or weaker people, and is intentional in his/her behavior.  The students and staff were taught that bullying takes on many forms.  The forms discussed were:  6% Social Alienation, 18% Indirect Bullying (bullying behind someone’s back), 30% physical bullying, and 46% Verbal Bullying.  Tom also talked about Cyber Bullying being extremely problematic as most students have access to the Internet at home.  Students think they can hide behind a computer screen, but they can’t.  Capabilities to track online behavior are present, and kids are getting into trouble because of inappropriate online decisions.
 
Rick and Tom presented a plan for bully prevention.  The plan outlined five bully buttons, when set into action, could prevent bullying.  The five bully buttons are outlined below:
 
1.  Perspective (Change Your Perspective)
2.  H.O.P.E. (Hold On Possibilities Exist)
3.  SWEETHEARTS (Bringing Hope to the Hopeless)
4.  Jump Into Action (Force Yourself to Act Differently Than You Feel)
5.  HEROES (Be Someone’s HERO)
 
Rick Yarosh spoke about H.O.P.E.  Rick was involved in a military attack in Iraq, and sustained major injuries because of it.  Rick was burned over 60% of his body with 2nd and 3rd degree burns. He had his right leg amputated below his knee; he lost both ears, his nose, multiple fingers and lost most of the function in both hands. He spoke about what it was like to be in an extremely hopeless situation, and how, through a stranger, he was able to regain his hope in life again.  He stated that we never know how important our hope in others is.  It can mean the difference between life and death.  We need to be sweethearts and heroes to others.
 
Tom Murphy said that even though 95% of the audience reported knowing either a bully or someone who is bullied, only 10% of peers intervene if witnessing a bullying situation.  He reminded the audience that it is everyone’s responsibility, including the adults, to make sure they can identify and respond if anyone sees a bullying situation.  He also gave three easy letters that correspond to action steps.  He called it the ABCs of Bullying.
 
A- Away (Get the bullied student AWAY from the bully)
B- Buddy (Become his or her BUDDY)
C- Confront the situation (get a teacher, older brother/sister involved)
 
Tom chose three student volunteers to come up in the front and model the ABC method for the audience, and it had quite and impact on the students, and teachers, alike.  It put the words Tom spoke into action. 
 
The Cuba-Rushford School District also hosted “Sweethearts and Heroes” for an evening presentation to the community.  Hats off to “Sweethearts and Heroes” for a thought-provoking and powerful message about anti-bullying!
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L to R (Katie Ralston MS principal, Tom Murphy S & H, Carrie Bold HS Principal)
By: Kathleen Agnello, CA BOCES Professional Development and Cuba-Rushford Central School
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Sixth-Grade Students are Popping with Success at PCS

8/3/2015

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PCS 6th-grade students entered this year’s national 2014 Popcorn Pep Club Contest and WON FIRST PLACE; the GRAND PRIZE is $2,500!

PCS entered a video showcasing the 6th grade popcorn project. Teachers, students, and administrators alike appeared in the video with scripted scenes and a carefully timed lip-sync at the end.  The school used popcorn across disciplines including: Home and Careers: recipe research, creation, and taste test; Art: drawings of mascot “Poppy” and popcorn short story books; ELA: poetry, poems, short skits, alliteration, jokes; Science: conduction experiment, convection explanation, example of transference, radiation; Social Studies: research popcorn history, classification, cultivated corn in history, popularity of popcorn in the past and present using fun facts. The students finished with lip-sync music video and anti-bullying message. 

Some of the 6th-grade students stated the following about their success: “I love how the projected connected to all the subjects”; “I really liked making the Panthers Popping for Popcorn books-artistic and fun”; “I enjoyed helping each other out when we were filming the video”;  “I (we) loved gathering around the PCS Panther outside because it showed our school spirit.”

Congratulations 6th grade. What an amazing accomplishment! “Pop on!”

Check out the video on Portville Central School’s website!

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