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By Jessie Wagoner
[email protected]
Editor’s Note: This is the first
of a multi-part series focused on
bullying. This article focuses on
defining bullying. Future articles
will focus on student’s experiences
with bullying and what parents
and school administration can do
to help alleviate bullying. To protect their identities, the students
in the series are identified using
pseudonyms.
According to the American
Medical Association more than
3.2 million youth are victims of
“moderate” or “serious” bullying each year. However, most research indicates that bullying is
frequently under reported, leaving many victims without support
each day.
“I don’t think adults understand what bullying really
is,” Xena, a student at Emporia Middle School who has
been bullied said. “If they did
I think they would do more
to help.”
“Bullying isn’t just some kids being
mean on the playground. It is scary and
sometimes I’m physically in danger.”
Bullying Defined
XENA,
Emporia Middle School student
tation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
✦✦Leaving someone out on purpose
✦✦Telling other children not to be
friends with someone
✦✦Spreading rumors about someone
✦✦Embarrassing someone in
public
✦✦ Tripping/pushing
✦✦ Taking or breaking
someone’s things
✦✦ Making mean or rude
hand gestures
Educational
Definition
Emporia Public Schools do
have policies in place regarding
bullying. The district defines
bullying in the Emporia Middle
School Handbook in the following way.
For this purpose bullying includes, but is not limited to, the
following behaviors: Any intentional gesture or written, verbal
Physical bullying involves hurt- or physical or computerized or
ing a person’s body or possessions. other electronically transmitted
act or threat that is sufficiently
Social bullying, sometimes Physical bullying includes:
severe, persistent or pervasive
referred to as relational bullying, ✦✦Hitting/kicking/pinching
involves hurting someone’s repu- ✦✦Spitting
that it creates an intimidating,
There are three types of bullying identified by stopbullying.gov.
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying
includes:
✦✦Teasing
✦✦Name-calling
✦✦Inappropriate sexual comments
✦✦Taunting
✦✦Threatening to cause harm
threatening or abusive education
environment for a student or staff
member that a reasonable person
under the same or similar circumstances knows or should know,
will have the effect of:
✦✦Physically or mentally harming
the student or staff member;
✦✦Damaging a student’s or staff
member’s property;
✦✦Placing a student or staff member in reasonable fear of harm;
✦✦Placing a student or staff
member in reasonable fear of
damage to the student’s or staff
member’s property;
✦✦Cyberbullying; or
✦✦Any other form of intimidation
or harassment prohibited in
policies adopted by the board
of education.
Please see Bullying, Page 8
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SEASON FINALE, NEW BEGINNINGS
By Regina Murphy
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The Emporia Symphony Orchestra’s 2015-2016 season comes
to a close Tuesday with a 7:30 p.m.
concert in Albert Taylor Hall, 1 Kellogg Circle.
The theme is “A Masterworks Finale” and the concert features the
overture to “The Magic Flute” by
W.A. Mozart and
Dvorak’s Sym- Emporia
phony No. 8.
Symphony
“It’s very exciting music and, as Orchestra
I see it, the thread TUESDAY,
that unites these ALBERT
two pieces is this TAYLOR
sort of magical el- HALL
ement,” Miranda 7:30 P.M.
said. “Dvorak has $5 general
so many great admission,
moments that $4 for seniors
seem magical. and students,
Both of these free for
composers are
children 12
great melodists.
and under
They can write
great tunes.”
Brad Harzman is the music
teacher for Lebo Schools and a
member of the horn section of the
symphony.
“Miranda has been a positive
enthusiastic force,” said Harzman.
“The orchestra continues to grow
and move forward, programming
challenging and rewarding choices
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COURTESY PHOTO
Former Emporia State
University professor and
conductor Jeremy Starr has
retired for medical reasons,
and will pursue a professional
conducting career. He passes the
baton for the Emporia Symphony
Orchestra to current string
professor and conductor Ramiro
Miranda.
while continuing to entertain and
enrich our community.”
The orchestra is large and diverse.
“There are about 70 ... some
high school-level students, then
the majority is university students
and faculty and community players,” Miranda said.
“(Diversity) adds another dimension to the group,” he said.
stead of on the podium.
Miranda noted that leadership
and listening are his style, not autocracy.
“I am trying to do the same with
the symphony, to make it a two-way
conversation,” said Miranda. “I invite them to do something, and we
see if it will go the way it needs to.
I enjoy the process of working together.”
A large community organization
needs a support team.
“We also have the Symphony
League of volunteers,” said Miranda. “They help us with receptions,
ushering, posters around town ...”
Sandy Brunkow of the Symphony League, an all-volunteer support
GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
group, said, “I think that Jeremy left
Ramiro Miranda will continue as us in very good shape with Ramiro.
“When he left, he said we
the instructor for upper strings
wouldn’t
even miss him because
and director of orchestras
Ramiro
was
so much like him.