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City Fifth-Graders Learn Anti-Bullying Tactics at Peer Assembly

Through student skits, Middletown grade schoolers were taught techniques such as how to confront a bully, befriend and insulate victims to deflect instances of peer aggression and intimidation.

Middletown fifth-graders watched skits and a film on Friday presented by a group of middle school students who work to prevent bullying at Woodrow Wilson Middle School.

The Woodrow Wilson Pride Patrol is a group of seventh- and eight-grade students who take a stand against bullying by peers at their school. About two dozen teens held an assembly at Macdonough Elementary School that offered the younger students an opportunity to answer questions and identify instances of bullying.

Through student skits, fifth-graders were taught techniques such as how to confront a bully, befriend a victim and insulate a victim as a way of deflecting instances of peer aggression and intimidation.

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Students presented Principal Jon Romeo with a sign that designates the school as Middletown's first anti-bullying zone. 

Another program, Students Advocating For Everyone of SaFE Squad, is an anti‐bullying session run at both Woodrow Wilson and Keigwin Middle School. The program meets three to four times a month to discuss different topics such as bullying, name‐calling, diversity, positive peer pressure, communication, respect and many others.

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