Letter I wrote to Noahs Teacher and Principle about him being bullied!!!

To Whom this may concern,




In the code of behaviour it says that bullying is a repeated, persistent and aggressive behaviour directed at an individual that is intended to cause(or should be known to cause) fear/distress and/or harm to another persons body, feelings, self esteem or reputation.



In the Code of Conduct under Safety it states that all members of the school community must not engage in bullying behaviours.



In the Bullying Prevention & Procedure Policy that is on the UCDSB website it clearly says that Bullying affects students ability to learn and it also says that bullying will not be accepted on school property. I have highlighted some important statements within this procedure and attached it with this letter.



Last week as I am sure you remember Noah was being picked on during recess by 3 children and I wrote you a letter the next day about it in his agenda. He was playing basketball and 2 boys and a girl kwpt taking the ball from Noah and then started hitting him. Noah tried to run away from them and he said they were too fast and they stopped him and started hitting him again and wouldn't let him go. I wrote you a note in his agenda about this incident. On Friday I was informed that Noah was being bullied again and this time it went to the point of him crying really bad. The same 2 boys and the girl were pushing Noah around and off the playground and they were also hitting him. His cousins Brittany, Briana and Connor seen it all. They went over to Noah and picked him up and took him over to the teacher(Suppose to be a safe place, GUESS NOT!!). The teacher told the kids to apologize and then walked away. In my opinion the children should have been put on time outs or lose there recess or something since this is an incident that keeps happening. If Noah can get his recess taken away or he has to sit on a timeout for being disruptive in class then why isn't something being done about these children How is it fair that Noah gets things taken away but bullies can get away with anything they want. How is that fair to any child?. Please ask Brittany Major, Briana Major, and Connor Brown about the incident that happened Friday because they seen it and they are the ones that went and got Noah away from those kids. They were a little too late because Noahs body and emotions were already harmed since he was crying when they went over to him. Who knows how far this would have gone if his cousins didn’t run over to him and pick him up.



Noah does have ADHD and he also has ear problems that his doctors are looking into and with these conditions also comes behavioural problems which you are fully aware of. If this bullying continues I guarantee that this will affect his behaviour in school and he will become worse to handle.



I know that Noah is not an Angel and he does do his fair share of things that he isn’t suppose to do but no child deserves to be bullied. I want to work with you to help resolve this issue before it becomes worse. I would appreciate if you could set up a meeting between Me, Mike, you and the principle so we can communicate more about what’s going on.



Thank You,

Angel Lewis



P.S- Kids should feel safe at school. At Noah’s age, the opinion he has for school now, is what is setting his foundation for his entire educational years… very important….so hopefully we can straighten this out before he ends up hating school for good.