{"id":158,"date":"2013-02-05T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=158"},"modified":"2013-02-13T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:10:13","slug":"vbcps-celebrates-anti-bullying-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/vbcps-celebrates-anti-bullying-month\/","title":{"rendered":"VBCPS celebrates Anti-Bullying Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although programs are in place year-round, Virginia Beach schools marked Anti-Bullying Month in January by encouraging students to take a stand against bullying.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC01347-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159\" alt=\"Students from Mrs. Thomson's first grade class at John B Dey Elementary made a pledge not to bully and made buttons to wear too. Pictured from left to right are Karsyn Hester, Madison Jeffreys and Trevin Griffith.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC01347-800x600-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC01347-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC01347-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC01347-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Mrs. Thomson&#8217;s first grade class at John B Dey Elementary made a pledge not to bully and made buttons to wear too. Pictured from left to right are Karsyn Hester, Madison Jeffreys and Trevin Griffith.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the division, children took part in special exercises, had new reading material and were part of classroom activities that showcased the adverse effects bullying has on their fellow students.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has bullying been shown to cause self-esteem issues in children, it also can lead to decreased school performance and, in some cases, depression.<\/p>\n<p>To check out the full photo gallery of how VBCPS celebrated Anti-Bullying Month, visit our Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VBSchools\">Facebook.com\/VBSchools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, watch this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvec.com\/community\/rachels-challenge\/spotlight\/Two-Schools-Unite-to-Fix-Problems-Using-Rachels-Challenge-189835761.html\">recent report from WVEC<\/a> about Princess Anne Middle School&#8217;s work with Norfolk Public Schools to help put an end to bullying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although programs are in place year-round, Virginia Beach schools marked Anti-Bullying Month in January by encouraging students to take a stand against bullying. Throughout the division, children took part in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}