San Juan Unified Prevention Program Targets Cyber-Bullying

How prepared are students and their parents when it comes to bullying? Sure, it's something everyone will likely have to deal with at some point in life, but in an age where technology and information reign supreme, bullying comes in new forms. In the rapidly-evolving digital age, bullying has taken on a new form that many parents haven't perhaps seen: Cyber-bullying.

As this trend becomes more prolific, San Juan Unified School District officials want to make one thing clear when it comes to bullying: It simply will not be tolerated in any form. Beginning Sept. 12, San Juan officials will begin presenting courses to better prepare students and parents in the event of that student is bullied.

Throughout the first half of the 2012-13 school year, the district’s prevention programs will present workshops on a monthly basis in various district locations, focusing on bullying in all its forms.

According to a San Juan Unified press release, additional workshops will be posted as they are confirmed and will include topics such as bullying prevention and LGBTQ youth, bullying prevention and special education students, relational aggression, and a repeat session of bullying prevention 101 toward the end of the year. 

All workshops are open to students and families, district teachers, administrators, counselors and staff. 

The following workshops will be held from 4 p.m. till 5:30 p.m.

• Sept. 12: Bullying prevention 101, District Office Board Room, 3738 Walnut Avenue in Carmichael
• Oct. 10: Cyberbullying, New San Juan High School, 7551 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights
• Nov. 7: How Parents Can Help, Thomas Edison Language Institute, 2950 Hurley Way in Sacramento

Please RSVP your attendance to Christina Sparks at christina.sparks@sanjuan.edu or 916-979-8611 with your name, school or program, title and contact information (phone or e-mail) for confirmations.

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