LETTER

LETTRE

“Not in My School” Initiative

 

I am writing on behalf of students and staff at Symmes-D’Arcy McGee High School, as well as anyone else who has been, or continues to be, a victim of bullying. The intent of this letter is two-fold, to both provide you with information about the ‘Not In My School’ initiative our school continues to undertake, and to ask for your support.

The ‘Not In My School’ initiative began eight years ago as a result of a racist incident in a grade seven class. Our principal, Mr. Singfield, and two teachers, Ms. Wilkinson and Ms. Gale met with students in a restorative session to remediate the conflict. They also brought in senior students to provide mentorship. What came out of these sessions was the ‘Not in My School’ initiative, which has grown in each of the last seven years. The core tenets of ‘Not in My School’ reinforce the belief that violence, racism, sexism, homophobia, and cyberbullying have no place in our school community. Various awareness methods have included t-shirts, toques and student-made videos.

Our school adheres to the principles of ‘Not in My School’ and we have renewed our efforts to raise awareness beyond our school and our board.

We have prepared a video on the initiative, as well as a portion of a website dedicated to our school community, both of which can be found at: http://www.reflectornews.ca/notinmyschool/.

Tyler Proulx
D'Arcy McGee High School
Aylmer