​Tuesday, March 1
7:00 p.m.
To Kill a Mockingbird:
Living Literature Readers' Theater Production Living Literature, a Rhode Island-based collec- tive of artists and educators who teach litera- ture through live performances under the direction of artistic director, Barry Press, will present an excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee. Living Literature performances are parially funded by the Community Coaliion for Children.

Feb. 10 is Safer Internet Day

"Part of good digital citizenship is knowing what to share, where to share and using your privacy settings appropriately.
There is nothing more disturbing than watching people over-expose themselves online.  Whether they are letting people know they are vacationing (which is an alert for offline criminals) or parents that feel the need to overshare their child’s pictures with people that are not really their friends or they barely know." Sue Scheff Blog

Blog post by Maurice J. Elias, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University

"We know bullying is harmful. We know a lot about how to prevent it. But bullying is still common. Why is this and how can we change this?

There is a silent aspect to bullying. Victims and bystanders often do not want to come forward to say what is going on. They feel threatened. But if we think about this, it means that they don’t trust the adults in their lives- teachers, other school personnel, parents-- to protect them. Kids need to be in a learning environment where they truly feel safe. And of course bullies are not advertising to adults that they are victimizing other kids..."

Read the blog post on www.parenttoolkit.com.

Read the full article: Expert: Social media bullying 'untested waters' - 

Don't feed the bully.

That's the message Jim Bisenius hammered home to hundreds of elementary students sitting on a Lakota school's gym floor in rare, rapt attention.

Almost every young hand – boys and girls alike – had gone up when the anti-bullying expert asked who among them had been bullied.

A great, inspirational video on a school program that naturally reduces bullying by promoting kindness.  The word "bullying" doesn't need to be mentioned.
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2014/08/30/14860039/