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BROMWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (214)
2500 East
Fourth Avenue,
80206-4214
(Columbine Street at East Fourth Avenue)

Telephone:
(303) 388-5969
Fax: (720) 424-9355
E-mail: Bromwell@dpsk12.org

Mr. Jonathan Wolfer, Principal

Our Character Education Program

What is BEAC?

The BEAC Way

The BEAC Pillars

RESPONSIBILITY

HUMOR

TRUST

HONESTY

COOPERATION

The BEAC Team Structure

Main Team with Co-Chairs

Staff Awareness Committee
Regular communication with the staff and feedback for corrections/additions

Classroom Curriculum
30 minutes per week BEAC educational time in each classroom.

School wide Promotion
Many activities including the twice/week playground opportunity during lunch

Parent Communication/ Education
Talon/Educational opportunity for adults once in the fall and once in the spring

Peer Review Committee
Research existing peer review programs and make recommendations to the team

We are looking forward to an exciting year. As always, comments, questions & concerns are welcomed and appreciated.

ABOUT BULLYING
At one time or other we all use bullying behaviors – accidentally or on purpose. It is important to understand what are bullying behaviors. (In future articles we will review how to handle these behaviors.) A temper tantrum is normal, though not acceptable, behavior for a 2 year old. They need to be taught another way of expressing themselves. Many bullying behaviors happen on the way to learning more appropriate words and actions.

Here is table used by Bully Proofing Your School. Some of you will recognize that this is the same table used to summarize child abuse and domestic violence. Often children don’t mean to be mean and don’t realize they are using bullying behaviors. It is helpful to point out the behavior in a non-accusatory manner, name the feelings involved and come up with a different behavior.

Bullying Behaviors Chart

PHYSICAL AGGRESSION
- Pushing
- Shoving
- Spitting

- Kicking
- Hitting

- Defacing property
- Stealing

- Physical acts that are demeaning and humiliating, but not bodily harmful (e.g., de-panting)
- Locking in a closed or confined space

- Physical violence against family or friends
- Threatening with a weapon
- Inflicting bodily harm

SOCIAL ALIENATION
- Gossiping
- Embarrassing

- Setting up to look foolish
- Spreading rumors about

- Ethnic slurs
- Setting up to take the blame

- Publicly humiliating (e.g., revealing personal information)
- Excluding from group
- Social rejection

- Maliciously excluding
- Manipulating social order to achieve rejection
- Malicious rumor-mongering

- Threatening with total isolation by peer group

VERBAL AGGRESSION
- Mocking
- Name calling
- Dirty looks
- Taunting

- Teasing about clothing or possessions

- Teasing about appearance

- Intimidating telephone calls

- Verbal threats of aggression against property or possessions

- Verbal threats of violence or of inflicting bodily harm

INTIMIDATION
- Threatening to reveal personal information
- Graffiti
- Publicly challenging to do something

- Defacing property or clothing
- Playing a dirty trick

- Taking possessions (e.g., lunch, clothing, toys)

- Extortion
- Sexual/racial taunting

- Threats of using coercion against family or friends

- Coercion
- Threatening with a weapon

BEAC is our school-wide commitment to promote a culture of caring and respectful behavior among the Bromwell community, and to ensure a safer school environment. The goal is to teach children skills in handling difficult situations, providing an alternative to aggressive and violent behaviors. Toward this end, a team of teachers and parents has devised a comprehensive approach to developing staff, student, and family awareness and skills in caring behaviors.

BEAC has established pillars of character. These pillars are cooperation, respect, honesty, trust, responsibility, and humor. These character traits are taught through classroom activities and consistent reinforcement of caring behaviors. The BEAC program will further be supported through the Olweus Bully Prevention program.

The BEAC Way:

Respect yourself & others.

Always be learning.

The BEAC Rules:

Bromwell students will not bully others.

Eagles help students who are bullied

All of us will include students who are easily left out.

Call an adult when you know someone is being bullied.

Bromwell Community: Bill of Rights

As a member of the Bromwell community, I can expect:

• To work and learn in a pleasant and peaceful environment.

• To be safe at Bromwell School.

• To be treated with compassion and understanding.

• To be appreciated and respected for my individual strengths and uniqueness.

Characteristics of Bromwell Students

How Bromwell students come to school each day prepared and ready to learn:

• Pay attention in class.

• Have necessary classroom equipment and supplies.

• Complete assignments on time.

• Be helpful to teachers.

• Attend school regularly and arrive on time.

How Bromwell students show kindness and respect to all persons in the school environment:

• Use good manners.

• Work and play fairly. Help others.

• Use appropriate language.

• Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.

• No name-calling or teasing.

How Bromwell students respect the rights and property of others:

• Obtain permission before using the property of others.

• Take care of and return the property of others.

How Bromwell students help make our school a safe and pleasant place to learn:

• Know and obey school rules.

• Take care of school property and the school grounds.

• Use appropriate tone and level of voice.

• Walk, don't run, when in the building.

Behavior and Conduct Guidelines

Bromwell is a proud community with high standards and expectations as reflected in our BEAC initiative, our Community Expectations and our Characteristics. The following are some additional guidelines to assist our students and community in maintaining a successful learning environment:

Dress Code. Students should come to school looking clean, neat and dressed in a manner that is appropriate and not distracting. Hats are not to be worn inside the school. The Denver Board of Education passed a “Zero Gang Tolerance” policy in 1992 which states that no clothing associated with gangs, including baseball caps, are to be allowed in any DPS school building.

• Students should dress for weather -especially on field trip days.

• Please label all outer garments and your child's backpack with their full name.

Playground Conduct. Our behavioral expectations for students are the same on the playground as they are throughout the school. Generally, students should keep hands and feet to themselves, respect others and their possessions, and follow the rules for each piece of equipment.

On the playground, the following conduct is specifically not allowed:

• Running or chasing on the blacktop.

• Throwing sand, rocks, sticks, or snow.

• Climbing fences or backstops.

• Leaving the playground before school begins or during the lunch hour.

• Using bad language, threats, or racial slurs.

Electronics Policy. While we recognize that the use of cell phones is a convenient way to communicate within families, we are asking students to limit cell phone use to before and after school. If your child needs to contact you during the school day please have them use the school telephones with teacher or office staff permission. Likewise, please limit adult use of cell phones within the school building, and turn your phone to silent when visiting classrooms. We also value the physical activity provided during recess as an important social and emotional release during a long school day and discourage the use of electronics at this time. The electronics policy outlined below includes, but is not limited to, cell phones, Gameboys, Walkmans, and iPods.

Students should have all electronics turned off and in their backpacks from 8:10 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

If a staff member sees a student with an electronic device during school hours he/she will collect the item and return it at the end of the day. The second and subsequent times an electronic device is taken it will be turned into the office and a parent will be asked to pick it up.

Please see related information at Bromwell Eagles Always Care!