Inside Scoop: For Staff

Baltimore City Public Schools observes National Bullying Prevention Month each October. This month highlights the importance of creating safe, supportive, and respectful learning environments for all students. In Baltimore, students, families, and staff play a vital role in building school communities where empathy, inclusion, and kindness are valued every day. City Schools recognizes these efforts and the ways they help shape a positive school culture, fostering connections that strengthen our classrooms and our city, both now and in the future.

City Schools will honor Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month the week of October 12 – October 15. Schools will receive a bullying awareness and prevention toolkit with activities to support schools and students with recognizing the importance of bullying awareness and prevention. City Schools will recognize Unity Day on Wednesday, October 14. Students, staff, families, and community partners are encouraged to wear orange and blue to raise awareness and prevent bullying in our community.

If you or someone you know has experienced bullying or harassment, please submit a report through our website. Reports may also be printed and submitted in person.

Initially held the first week of October, National Bullying Prevention Month is a campaign founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. In 2010, it expanded to be an entire month. Through partnerships with education-based organizations such as the National PTA, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education Association, PACER expanded the week to a nationwide call to action to stop bullying through education and awareness.

Read more about National Bullying Prevention Month and Bullying Awareness and Prevention Resources:

• Addressing Bullying, Harassment, and Sex-based Discrimination at City Schools

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  Schools dedicated webpage to address bullying, harassment, intimidation, and sex-based discrimination

• Pacer

  Founded in 2006, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center actively leads social change to prevent childhood bullying, so that all youth are safe and supported in their schools, communities, and online

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network

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  he National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events

• StopBullying.gov

  A website maintained by the federal government that provides information from the U.S. Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies

• Bullying Prevention

  Resources from the Maryland State Department of Education

• National Bullying Prevention Center

  Resources from the nonprofit PACER organization

• Family Online Safety Institute

  
  Resources about both cyberbullying and keeping children safe on the Internet

Books to read during National Bullying Prevention Month: 
 
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