Bullying Prevention Guidance Lessons
Guidance lessons for November will focus on Bullying Prevention. Bullying can take many forms: physical, verbal, social-relational, and emotional, but it always involves an imbalance of power, whether that imbalance is physical, number of people, verbal, cognitive, or social.
Bullying Prevention announcements have taken place over the last few weeks on campus during morning announcements. One example is below:
"Good morning, Covington Middle School! As we move into Week 3 of Bullying Prevention Month, it’s time to talk about cyberbullying—bullying that happens online through social media, texts, or messages. Cyberbullying can hurt just as much as in-person bullying, and it’s important to be mindful of how we treat others online. This week’s challenge is to spread positivity online by sending a kind message to a friend, leaving a nice comment, or sharing something encouraging. If you wouldn’t say something to someone’s face, don’t say it online.
If you ever experience cyberbullying or see it happening, report it to a trusted adult, and don’t forget you can use the 'Safe Space' feature on the Austin ISD website for anonymous reporting. Let’s make our online spaces as kind and respectful as our school should be."
Austin ISD Safe Space
Bullying Prevention Month - AISD Letter to Families
Bullying Resources:
https://www.stopbullying.gov/
Online Actions Have an Offline Impact
Bullying Can Hurt for a Lifetime
Austin ISD Parent U Advanced Academics Opportunities Night @ Anderson High School
Learn about the advanced academic opportunities available to your student, including Dual Credit, CTE, Fine arts, Multilingual AP, OnRamps and Early College programs in Austin ISD. (Anderson is not an Early College HS). The session will help you understand how your teen can earn college credit while still in high school - and what you can do to support them along the way.
Target Audience: Middle and High School Families.
Parent U is an Austin ISD series of virtual workshops for parents and guardians to help support their student in the preparation of their postsecondary journey. Each month, families gain practical tools and information on college readiness, career planning, financial aid, mental health and more.
The sessions are conducted on Zoom from 6-7pm. Zoom Registration: bit.ly/AustinISDParentU
Zoom Sessions are in English with Spanish Interpretation
Referral Process for Students to See a Counselor:
Students will have paper and electronic copies of the referral form to see their counselor. These forms can be found in an electronic version on the Covington Counselors’ BLEND course, as well as in paper copies in teachers’ classrooms. This form should be submitted during lunch, before school, or after school. A counselor will see them within one school day during COLT time (Advisory).
Counselors will not be available during scheduled class times unless it is an emergency. Students are not allowed to come to the counseling office without a pass or without a counselor picking them up. If it is an emergency, teachers will message a counselor so that a counselor can pick up the student without a referral being required.
Parents - You are able to refer your child to see the counselor if you feel they could benefit from speaking with one. Here is the link to do so (for emergencies, please call 9-1-1):
Covington Middle School Parent Referral Form for Counselor
Important Dates
Adoption Awareness Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
National Runaway Prevention Month
Native American Heritage Month
November 5 - Austin ISD Parent U Advanced Academics Opportunities Night at
Anderson High School 6:00-7:00 pm
November 11 - Veterans’ Day
