Loudoun County Public Schools uses the Second Step Bullying Prevention Program for all elementary students. Second Step is a research-based program which provides training for staff and developmentally appropriate lessons for students. Second Step also has a family component which provides resources to families. The family is able to follow the progression of lessons and do activities at home to reinforce the learning. It’s a school and community-wide approach for bullying prevention.  

Second Step Lessons will be presented to students by the school counselors in October and November. Each class will receive 4 classroom lessons on bullying prevention. The lessons will  focus on recognizing, reporting and refusing bullying. School counselors also provide bullying prevention training to staff. This training is in addition to the staff-wide Second Step training.  

Topics Covered in Classroom Counseling Lessons (Students K-5)

• Being safe, respectful and responsible

• Recognizing Bullying

• Reporting Bullying

• Refusing Bullying

• Being a bystander who helps stop bullying.

• Understanding Cyber-Bullying (4th & 5th grades)

Topics Covered in Staff Professional Development

• How to identify bullying behavior

• How to recognize the signs in students who may be bullied

• How to recognize the signs in students who may be bullying others

• Roles in bullying

• Types of bullying

• Language for addressing bullying situations

• LCPS Policy 8250

• School specific reporting procedures

• How to intervene

• School specific bullying data

Bullying Prevention at Pinebrook ES

Click here to view the LCPS Bullying Prevention and Education Policy.

Our Bullying Prevention Coordinator is Ms. Latoya Davenport, Email Latoya Davenport, 703-957-4425.

If you have any concerns regarding bullying, please contact Ms. Latoya Davenport.

Loudoun County Public Schools implement a county-wide bullying prevention program 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 Kindergarten through 5th grade. This evidence-based program provides students with four bullying prevention lessons each year. The lesson focuses on 3R’s, and teaches students how to Recognize, Report, and Refuse bullying behavior.

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What is Bullying?

Per LCPS School Board Policy 8250, bullying is the systematic and chronic inflicting of physical hurt or psychological distress on another person. Furthermore, 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 victim; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional trauma. ‘Bullying’ includes cyber bullying. ‘Bullying’ does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument, or peer conflict”.

In “kid speak”, bullying is when someone hurts another person’s feelings or body on purpose, and they do so over and over again.

Standard Operating Procedure: LCPS Bullying Reporting

Standard Operating Procedure

PROCESS: Every school principal or their administrative designee will notify the parent/guardian of any student who is involved in an alleged bullying incident of an alleged incident upon learning of such allegation. This includes students who may have been harmed, caused harm, or witnessed the situation.

This notification will be in the form of a standard bullying response letter to go home to the family either through email or printed to be provided to the family.

DIVISION: Loudoun County Public Schools

Responsible Staff Member: School-based Bullying Prevention Coordinator (Principal or Administrative Designee)

Governing Factors

School Board Policy: LCPS Policy 8250

Code of Virginia:  § 22.1-276.01, § 22.1-291.4

Other: HB 1592 SB 1072

Second Step is the Bullying Prevention Program that all Loudoun County Public schools are utilizing this year. More information can be found at LCPS Bullying Prevention Webpage.

To learn more and to access the Second Step family resources, go to here, create an account and enter the appropriate grade level family dashboard activation key listed below. 

• Kindergarten: BPUK FAMI LY00

• 1st Grade: BPU1 FAMI LY01

• 2nd Grade: BPU2 FAMI LY02

• 3rd Grade: BPU3 FAMI LY03

• 4th Grade:BPU4 FAMI LY04

• 5th Grade: BPU5 FAMI LY05

Here are two great visuals to better understand the difference between bullying and mean/rude behavior and conflict.

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