R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means to NSIS Students

North Strabane Intermediate School students in grades five and six participated in a special activity highlighting the concept of “Respect.” 

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Committee chose a theme for each month throughout the school year. The theme for February was “Respect.” The month-long project was conducted as part of the school’s anti-bullying Olweus Program. 

Each classroom created it’s own working definition of respect. The students also identified ways to show respect at home, in the community, at school, and in cyberspace. 

After listing and displaying their ideas, each student received and was responsible for a “Respect Card.” Whenever an adult at school witnessed a student showing “respect” to a peer, an adult or school property, the student’s card would be initialed and dated. Students could earn signatures by showing respectful behavior in the classroom, the hallways, or even the cafeteria. 

More than 300 cards were turned in at the conclusion of the project. Students who received 10 signatures earned the opportunity to attend a pizza and ice cream party provided by Sam’s Pizza of Canonsburg and Canonsburg Shop N’ Save. Students’ cards with fewer than 10 signatures were entered into a raffle drawing for a chance to attend the celebration.