{"id":17873,"date":"2021-10-08T10:41:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T14:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17873"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T18:41:28","slug":"more-stories-from-the-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17873","title":{"rendered":"More Stories from the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/1527\/ACPS-Express-20211008-spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">en espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/1527\/ACPS-Express-20211008-amharic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/1527\/ACPS-Express-20211008-arabic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">More Stories from the Week:<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17873\/#national-bullying-prevention-month\" >National Bullying Prevention Month<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17873\/#calendar-reminder-for-oct-11\" >Calendar Reminder for Oct. 11<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17873\/#sign-up-for-new-tiggbee-career-video-series\" >Sign Up for New Tiggbee Career Video Series<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"national-bullying-prevention-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"national-bullying-prevention-month\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Bullying Prevention Month<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17874\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-student-drawing.jpg\" alt=\"Boy student drawing in school\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-student-drawing.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-student-drawing-260x174.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-student-drawing-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBully free starts with me\u201d is more than just a catchy slogan. At ACPS, it is a matter of knowing what bullying is and how to report it. The Code of Virginia defines bullying as unwanted, aggressive behavior that is meant to intimidate or humiliate the targeted person. ACPS does not tolerate bullying, harassment and intimidation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are different types of bullying that are typically repeated over time and can cause severe emotional trauma, including the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Verbal bullying<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes name calling, making threats, insults and intimidation. It also refers to other forms of verbal abuse, from remarks regarding race, gender or religion to comments concerning sexual orientation to physical abilities or characteristics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Physical bullying <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">involves hitting, kicking, tripping, spitting, pinching, pushing or damaging someone&#8217;s property.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Social bullying<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is designed to hurt someone&#8217;s reputation or relationships. It includes: spreading rumors, embarrassing or humiliating someone publicly and excluding or encouraging others to exclude someone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cyberbullying<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is taunting or humiliation through the use of electronic devices such as cell phones, computers, tablets and communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat and websites. This online bullying includes mean text messages and emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites and posting embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake online profiles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACPS investigates<\/span><b> all<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports of bullying. Students should be made aware that reporting a bullying incident is not \u201ctattling.\u201d Students or families of students who have been bullied or witness bullying should immediately report such incidents to the school principal or assistant principal. Instances of bullying can also be reported online to ACPS via the Tip Line on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/mobile\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACPS mobile app<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"calendar-reminder-for-oct-11\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"calendar-reminder-for-oct-11\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calendar Reminder for Oct. 11<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 there will be no school for students, and ACPS schools and offices* will be closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>*Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oct. 11 remains a staff work day at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School, which operates on a modified school year calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/calendar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACPS Calendars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the ACPS website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sign-up-for-new-tiggbee-career\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"sign-up-for-new-tiggbee-career-video-series\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign Up for New Tiggbee Career Video Series<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s never too early for students to look toward the future and explore career options that pique their interest. Tiggbee offers a way to introduce students to potential career pathways. The free, weekly online software platform is available to all K-12 students as a way to get them excited about choosing a career path. It also gives them the opportunity to correlate their studies to their future career choices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These short immersive videos feature individuals who are passionate about their industry and career opportunities while sharing their skills and education requirements. The videos also provide the opportunity for teachers to lead discussions about careers with students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A weekly pilot video for students to view is now available. Starting on Oct. 18, \u201cMeet My Business Mondays\u201d will begin with a new Tiggbee video available every Monday. Students will hear from successful role models, business owners and operators who have a vested interest in the success of the next generation of workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will have the opportunity to submit questions. Middle and high school students can generate questions (with teacher review) and elementary school teachers can submit student questions by 3 p.m. every Friday. A video response to their questions will be available the following week, Wednesday through Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To access Tiggbee videos:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Administrators and Teachers sign in at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/tiggbee.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tiggbee.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or via Clever using the District TIGGID: <\/span><b>1E9Y<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Students (grades 6-12) sign in at <a style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/tiggbee.com\">tiggbee.com<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or via Clever using the Student TIGGID: <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">HUUN<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Bullying Prevention Month \u2022 Calendar Reminder for Oct. 11  \u2022 Sign Up for New Tiggbee Career Video Series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 10:57:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17873"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17890,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873\/revisions\/17890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}