Bridges Preparatory Academy believes that all students have a right to a safe and healthy school environment. Bridges Preparatory Academy has an obligation to promote mutual respect, tolerance and acceptance.
Bridges Preparatory Academy will not tolerate behavior that infringes on the safety of any student. A student shall not intimidate or harass another student through words or actions. Such behaviors include: direct physical contact, hitting or shoving; verbal assaults, such as teasing or name calling and social isolation or manipulation.
Bridges Preparatory Academy expects students and/or staff to immediately report incidents of bullying to the principal or staff. Staff is expected to immediately intervene when they see a bullying incident occur. Each complaint of bullying will be promptly invesitaged. This policy applies to students on school grounds, while traveling to and from school and/or during school sponsored activities.
Teachers will discuss this policy with their students in age-appropriate ways and will assure them that they need not endure any form of bullying. Students who bully are in violation of this policy and are subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.
Bridges Preparatory Academy has adopted a Student Code of Conduct to be followed by every student while on school grounds, while traveling to and/or during school sponsored activities.
The Student Code of Conduct includes, but is not limited to:
- Any student who engaged in bullying (including instigating) may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion. Bullying in any form is not tolerated. NO EXCEPTIONS.
- Students are expected to immediately report incidents of bullying to the principal or designee.
- Students can rely on staff to promptly investigate each complaint of bullying in a thorough and confidential manner.
If complainant student or the parent of the student feels that appropriate resolution of the investigation or complaint has not been reached, the student or the parent of the student should contact the principal or executive director. The school system prohibits retaliatory behavior against any complainant or any participant in the complaint process.
The procedures or intervening in bullying behavior include, but are not limited to, the following:
- All staff, students and their parents will receive a summary of this policy prohibiting bullying at the beginning of the school year as part of the enrollment packet, as part of the student handbook and as part of the school system's notification to parents.
- The school will make reasonable efforts to keep a report of bullying and the results of the investigation confidential.
- Staff is expected to immediately intervene when they see a bullying incident occur.
- People witnessing or experiencing bullying are encouraged to report the incident , such reporting will not reflect on the victim or witnesses in any way.
I have read the above statements, agree to abide by them at all times, and promise to abide by the anti-bully policy.