Our Board President & the mother of two NHMS students, Lucinda Holt, forwarded this article from the New York Times, recognizing that
New Horizons is definitely doing the right things.
New York Times OP-ED Contributors:
There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully
… our research on child development makes it clear that there is only one way to truly combat bullying. As an essential part of the school curriculum, we have to teach children how to be good to one another, how to cooperate, how to defend someone who is being picked on and how to stand up for what is right.
Teaching children how to get along will require much more than legislation, but a deeper rethinking of what schools should do for their students.
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