Cyberbullying Event a Great Success!

The H.O.O.T. (Helping Others Out Together) Club at Suffern Middle School put on an original performance about Cyberbullying here at Suffern Middle School recently.
The students performance was based on a student who was being harassed online. Students played out what could happen in school as well as what strategies students could use to deal with cyberbullies and bullies in general.
The H.O.O.T Club was assisted by Cablevision's Power to Learn Internet Smarts site. Cablevision provided resources and we are grateful to them for helping to bring us these resources. At yesterday's presentation another great site was mentioned as a resource for parents and that site is called Common Sense Media.
Peggy Sheehy, Library Media Specialist, has begun to put together a site we are calling SMARTSMS with resources for students and parents. Be sure to check out all of the links above for great information on how to best use Social Media.

We were all incredibly proud of the students for putting on their original performance for an audience which included our District Superintendent Dr. MacNaughton, District PPS Director Mr. Stephen Walker, V.P. of Education for Cablevision, Mr. Anderson, and Town of Ramapo Supervisor, Chris St.Lawrence. The audience also included Mrs. Biddy's 6th grade Humanities class.
Students were awarded certificates from Mr. St.Lawrence and signed the Internet Pledge. This pledge gels with our philosophy of promoting safe use of Social Media and Social Networking Tools.

I want to thank everyone who was involved in making this very valuable and timely event a success. It could not have happened with out the students of the H.O.O.T. Club and their advisor Mrs. LeBlanc, our current 7th grade Guidance Counselor. Mrs. LeBlanc was assisted by Mrs. Leale, our current 6th grade Guidance Counselor.

Enjoy this quick clip of all the students after being awarded their certificates. Brian Fox, Principal