Dr. Mudd Parent Liaison News
Leslie Smallwood
October 24th, 2022
National Bullying Prevention Month
October in National Bullying Prevention Month, a time to focus and raise awareness on bullying. During this month, many groups across the country will release new resources, campaigns, and efforts aimed at bringing awareness to the issue of bullying.
What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Bullying can also take place through technology, known as cyberbullying. Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.
There are many other types of aggressive behavior that don’t fit the definition of bullying. This does not mean that they are any less serious or require less attention than bullying. Rather, these behaviors require different prevention and response strategies.
On October 19th we will wear the color orange for Unity, as we take a stand against bullying
Throughout the month of October, the Counselor, Ms. Maria Ayers provides our students with lessons on kindness, friendship, and bullying prevention.
RED RIBBON WEEK
DR. MUDD SATURDAY CAMP
Dr Mudd offers Saturday school by invitation. If you are interested in your child attending Saturday school, please contact me at Lsmallwood@ccboe.com, and I will share your interest with the teachers. Students attend Saturday Camp twice a month for two hours of academic support. The dates for Saturday school are as follows.
October 8 and 22
November 5 and 19
December 3 and 17
January 7 and 28
February 11 and 25
March 11 and 25
April 15 and 29
JOE CORI'S & CLAIRE'S GOURMET FUNDRAISER
Weather Change
Contact Information
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary Community School
Leslie Marie Smallwood, Title l Parent Liaison
820 Stone Avenue
Waldorf, MD 20602
301-753-1762