BULLYING POLICY. Anti-Bullying Policy Maryvale Preparatory School supports the Bullying Prevention, Intervention and Response Policy as set forth by the Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools. The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Stop Bullying Now” campaign site is rich with resources for providing schools, families, teens, children and youth with skills and tools to address issues involving bullying, cyberbullying, harassment and intimidation. As used in this policy, "bullying, harassment, or intimidation" means intentional conduct, including verbal, physical, or written conduct or an intentional electronic communication that creates a hostile educational environment by substantially interfering with a student's educational benefits, opportunities, or performance, or with a student's physical or psychological well-being and is: • motivated by an actual or a perceived personal characteristic including race, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry, physical attributes, socioeconomic status, familial status, or physical or mental ability or disability; • sexual in nature (including descriptions or depictions of a student with the student’s intimate parts exposed or while engaged in an act of sexual contact), or, • threatening or seriously intimidating; and, • occurs on school property, at a school activity or event, or on a school bus; or, • substantially disrupts the orderly operation of a school. Bullying may take the form of, but is not limited to, physical or verbal assaults, intimidation or non-verbal threats, social exclusion or isolation or the use of technology or writing to convey embarrassing, derogatory, threatening or intimidating messages. Bullying can include social exclusion as well as harassing or intimidating behavior in person or via phone messages and social media, including texting, online websites and other electronic media. Cyberbullying is bullying through the use of technology or electronic devices such as cell phones, computers, iPads or the internet. It includes, but is not limited to email, instant messages, text messages and Internet postings, whether on Facebook, Twitter or other social media platforms, any webpage, blog or other electronic media. Harassment includes severe or persistent, repeated annoyances, threats or demands. Intimidation includes the attempt to coerce or inhibit by threats or by fear tactics. At Maryvale, bullying, harassment, and intimidation and cyberbullying are prohibited on school grounds, at school-sponsored events, activities and programs, and on school-sponsored and school-provided bus transportation. Bullying, harassment and intimidation and cyberbullying are also prohibited through the use of technology or an electronic device owned, leased or used by Maryvale Preparatory School. Additionally, bullying harassment, intimidation and cyberbullying are prohibited at a location, activity, function or program that is not school-related or through the use of technology or an electronic device that is not owned, leased or used by Maryvale, if such behavior creates a hostile environment at school for a targeted student or students. Any retaliation for reporting or participating in an investigation of bullying, harassment, intimidation and cyberbullying is prohibited and a violation of this policy.
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