Anti-Bullying Rally and Campaign
The Anti-Bullying Rally and Awareness Week consisted of students in kindergarten through 5th grades all participating. The slogan began with "Be a Buddy, Not a Bully!" Students had a theme for each day of the week to promote anti-bullying, beginning with dressing up in camouflage to "Be a HERO (Help Encourage and Respect Others)," then wearing jogging suits and tennis shoes to "Walk Away From a Bully." The campus staff and students also wore a color for each grade level to "Team Up Against Bullying." On "Mix It Up Day" students were encouraged to sit by someone other than their friends at lunch to meet new friends. "Black-out Bullying" all students wore black clothing and wrote on strips of paper one way they could make a stand against bullying to make a grade level chain link. The last day students wore school spirit shirts and stood together with the theme "Together We Stand, Divided We Fall." Each day students recited within their classrooms to "Be a Buddy, Not a Bully!" At a Thomas Texan assembly, students brought their grade level chains that contained all of their ideas for making a stand against bullying; all grade levels joined their chains together to make a Thomas Texan anti-bullying chain.