Bullying Prevention at Brambleton Middle School
Click HERE to view the LCPS Bullying Prevention and Education Policy.
What do I need to do if I need to report a bullying incident?
Families can email the grade-level dean. Please provide the names of the alleged victim(s), alleged bully/bullies and any potential witnesses. We know many students ask their parents not to share their names with us, but it makes it very difficult to take care of the problem without gathering all of the information from all parties involved. We will always try to protect the identity of the person making the report and those involved.
How to report a bullying incident:
Email a grade-level Dean
Please include the following information in your email
Your first and last name
Alleged victim's name
Alleged bully's name
Witnesses to the incident
Please allow 24-48 business hours for a dean to respond to your bullying incident report. This response may be in the form of an email response, phone call, or speaking with the student reporting the incident during school hours.
At Brambleton middle, we welcome all students to report bullying incidents to us by stopping by our offices during the school day.
Bullying is the systematic and chronic infliction of physical hurt or psychological distress on another person. The Code of Virginia § 22.1-276.01 defines bullying as “any aggressive and unwanted behavior that is intended to harm, intimidate, or humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance between the aggressor or aggressors and the victim; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional trauma. “Bullying” includes cyberbullying. “Bullying” does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, arguments or peer conflict.”
Cyberbullying refers to bullying by a student(s) towards another through electronic communication. Cyberbullying includes such things as sending mean, vulgar or threatening messages or images; posting sensitive private information about another person; pretending to be someone else in order to humiliate another person; and defamatory online social media websites.
Loudoun County Public Schools implement a county-wide bullying prevention program in all elementary schools to teach students how to identify bullying behavior and appropriate ways to solve possible bullying concerns. LCPS School Counselors provide a Bullying Prevention curriculum (through Second Step) which is delivered to all students in 6th through 8th grade This evidence-based program provides middle school students a review general bullying concepts, cyberbullying, harassment, and how to report and respond to bullying situations
All students have the right to attend school where their individual differences are respected and where they are free of fear of harassment and bullying. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) actively uphold and support efforts to prevent harassment and bullying.