Anti-bullying Guidance

Equity and Diversity- More than just words at River of Life Christian School

We believe that each student has the potential to achieve, and it is our responsibility to provide all students the opportunity and support needed to meet their highest capability in a safe and welcoming environment. Our culture should promote the identification and removal of barriers causing predictability and disproportionality of the highest and lowest achieving groups.

Equity and Cultural Competency

River of Life Christian School believes in building and sustaining a culture of kindness. Doing everything we can to support all students to thrive is at the core of our mission. In order to thrive, students need to be treated with respect and kindness by adults and other students. They need to have a positive sense of belonging and the belief that they have the power to be successful. Our responsibility is to educate students as informed citizens, to teach them to respect and care for one another, and to show the love of Jesus to others.

As our community evolves and demographics change, we are charged with reshaping our practices to best meet the needs of our students and families we serve. Equity is about treating all children as the individuals that they are, not treating all children the same. That’s why we are deeply committed to ensuring that all students receive what they personally need to develop to their full potential and succeed, and to narrowing the achievement/opportunity gap between our highest and lowest performing students.

Please see the ROL Anti-Bullying Policy

(taken from our Family Handbook)
Bullying and harassment are disruptive to the educational process and hurtful to all; therefore, neither is acceptable behavior and both are prohibited. Bullying is a form of harassment. Bullying is defined as: “the repeated intimidation of others by the real or threatened infliction of physical, verbal, written, electronically transmitted, or emotional abuse, or through attacks on the property of another.” It may include, but not be limited to, actions such as verbal taunts, name-calling and put-downs, including ethnically-based or gender based verbal put-downs, and exclusions from peer groups within school.

Students who engage in any act of bullying while at school, or with any school sponsored activity are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension or expulsion. Any person who believes he/she has been subjected to harassment may file a verbal or written complaint with his/her teacher or principal. Bullying report forms are available in the office, and can be placed into the bully box in the main office to protect confidentiality. You can also submit complaints here, on our website.