Wakefield Public Schools

Margo Perriello Principal [email protected]

Doyle School 11 Paul Road 781-246-6420 Wakefield, MA 01880

School-Wide Behavior Program and Olweus Bullying Prevention Program September 2014 Dear Doyle School Families, We welcome your children to the Doyle School for a great school year. This year students and staff will participate in our Bully Prevention Program called Olweus. As you review this document, please be aware that we take into consideration the ages of the population at the Doyle. The goals of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program are:  To reduce existing bullying problems among students  To prevent the development of new bullying problems  To achieve better peer relations at school The students will be introduced to Our School’s Anti-Bullying Rules 1. 2. 3. 4.

We will not bully others. We will try to help students who are bullied. We will try to include students who are left out. If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.

One element of our work toward positive school culture will be our discipline system, which focuses on a few clear and consistent rules for student behavior. To help our students change their behavior, we use small, fair consequences when students break our school rules. We are looking forward to a great year! The Doyle School will have three basic rules:

1. Students will show respect to other students and to staff members 2. Students will help others learn 3. Students will keep themselves and others safe. At the Doyle School we will be using three categories of unacceptable behavior:

YELLOW: unacceptable. All staff members will address these behaviors consistently using the appropriate mix of reminding students about what they should be doing, discussion, small consequences, and parent involvement. ORANGE: serious. Staff members will address these behaviors using the appropriate mix of discussion, small consequences, and parent involvement. The student’s classroom teacher will also keep track of Orange behaviors, and a student choosing Orange behaviors three times will meet with the principal and follow the other steps associated with Red behaviors. RED: most serious. These behaviors will be reported to Mrs. Perriello, who will talk with the student about his or her actions and apply the appropriate consequence. We will make every effort to reach you by phone if your student has done something in this category, and will send home a report with your child outlining what he or she did, what the consequence is, and what the consequence would be if your child chose this behavior again. Even with these most serious behaviors, we know that we are working with young children who may not understand why what they did is unacceptable or who may not have meant any harm. For those reasons, our consequences will be on learning. If students choose to repeat these behaviors over time, their consequences will get larger to help them learn new behaviors. Red, Yellow, and Orange behaviors are not allowed school wide. Our current list of behaviors is attached. In addition, I’ve attached a rubric that will be used to determine the consequences for Red behaviors. The faculty and staff at the Doyle School try very hard to live by and teach by the Core Values. This year at Doyle School we will have monthly assemblies and recognize students who exhibit positive behaviors. We would appreciate your support in our goals to educate your children while they are here at school. Working cooperatively between home and school, our students learn the proper ways to behave. Sincerely, Margo Perriello Doyle School Principal

Doyle School – School-Wide Behavior Plan YELLOW: (unacceptable) Use Teacher Discretion  Running in the hall; noisy or disruptive behavior in the hall (for example; after leaving class to go to the bathroom)

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Having and/or using electronics at school; bringing toys from home at school. NOTE: This is not a problem if those objects stay in students’ backpacks all day. Sharing snacks (because of the risk of allergies) Disruptive behavior in class that stops others from learning, including making noise in quiet learning settings Name calling/teasing of other students Purposely embarrassing or humiliating another person

ORANGE: (serious) Track On Clipboard  Exclusion: stopping someone from having friends or participating in an activity NOTE: This does not mean that we tell students they have to be friends with everyone. It does mean that we expect all students to treat others with respect, include each other in games and activities, and work together.  Threatening to exclude someone  Starting or spreading rumors (true or false)  Indirect use of biased languages (that’s retarded; that’s so gay; etc.)  Name-calling or other negative behaviors based on family income or other family characteristics  Name-calling or other negative behaviors based on appearance or body shape  Threatening to hurt someone  Repeated yellow behaviors RED: (most serious) Referral to Principal      

Physical aggression to another student (kick, trip, punch, choke, bite, spit, hair pulling, throwing objects) Bolting/running way Obscene language/gestures to another student (swearing, pantsing, inappropriate touching, inappropriate talk) Repeated orange behaviors Physical aggression toward staff (same as above) Obscene language/gestures toward staff (same as above)

Doyle School – Wakefield, MA School-Wide Behavior Plan

RED Behaviors Rubric Behavior

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toward another student Bolting/Running Obscene Language/Gestures toward another student Repeated Orange Behaviors Physical Aggression toward Staff Obscene Language/Gestures toward Staff

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recess Lunch detention Call parent

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One full day in school suspension Meet with school psychologist Create behavior plan

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Lunch detention One-Half day in school suspension Meet with school psychologist Create behavior plan Two days out of school suspension Principal and teacher meet with parents to discuss plan

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Lunch detention One full day in school suspension Meet with school psychologist Review behavior plan Five days out of school suspension Principal and teacher meet with parents to discuss plan

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of out of school suspension Principal and teacher meet with parents to discuss plan

Ten days out of school suspension Principal and teacher meet with parents to discuss plan

Note: Any behavior that is outrageous, overly disrespectful or dangerous and not specifically stated in the rubric is subject to administrator review and assignment of consequences.