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News Blue Mountain Eagle A3 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Grant Union holds bully-free week 50 students recognized for acceptance Contributed photos Grant Union art student Dana Norland received recognition for her artwork “Mosaic Elephant” at Gallery 15 in Burns. By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Grant Union art student Meisha Meyerholz received an honorable mention award for her drawing called “Hope” at Eastern Oregon University’s regional high school art exhibition which included 300 works from 13 high schools. GU students receive art awards By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle BURNS — Two students in JJ Collier’s Grant Union art class were recognized for their work in recent weeks. Senior Dana Norland re- ceived one of three awards last Friday for her artwork titled “Mosaic Elephant” at Gallery 15 in Burns. The gallery is hosting a re- gional show through April 16, displaying student artwork from Burns, Crane and Grant Union. Senior Meisha Meyerholz won honorable mention for her 12x18-inch drawing titled “Hope” at the Eastern Ore- gon Regional High School Art Exhibition at Eastern Oregon University. The Feb. 19-March 15 show included 300 works from students at 13 high schools. Grant Union had 28 stu- dents participating, some sub- mitting two pieces of artwork. Nightingale Gallery direc- tor Corey Peeke said he was pleased with the students’ work and the art teachers who guide them. “On behalf of EOU and the Nightingale Gallery I would like to congratulate the winners and all the student participants,” he said. “I would also like to con- gratulate the art teachers who on a daily basis go out of their way to help students create work of such a high caliber.” JOHN DAY — “No teas- ing,” “No torments,” “No name-calling,” “No put- downs,” “No rumors.” These were just a few sayings on T-shirts worn by 50 Grant Union Junior-Se- nior High School students as they work to make their school a bully-free zone. The students were se- lected by their teachers for showing characteristics of inclusion and accep- tance among their peers for the March 10-16 No Name-Calling Week. Several student body leaders helped plan activi- ties for the weeklong cam- paign, with anti-bullying messages and statistics post- ed all month on the school office door and on hallway bulletin boards. A school assembly in- cluded a game, testing stu- dents’ knowledge on bul- lying, and leadership class advisor Elizabeth Shelley shared a school pride les- son on bullying prevention, which included a motiva- tional video. “Our hope was to bring awareness to the struggles that some students face with harassment and bullying,” she said. “We try to teach and model inclusive behav- iors here at school and don’t want to ignore the situations that can arise. The more that we bring awareness to the issue of harassment or bul- lying, hopefully students and staff will be more com- fortable and confident in ad- dressing the issue.” The video in Shelley’s lesson shows kids who had been bullied in school, but went on to become success- ful. The video can be found at: https://youtu.be/mB- wf-VPZqDs. Grant County health de- partment manager Jessica Winegar worked with Grant Union students and staff, helping kick off No-Name- Calling Week with a core grant received through the Grant County School-Based Contributed photo/Elizabeth Shelley Grant Union student body leaders show their support of No Name-Calling week at the school, March 10- 16, including, from left: Natalie Stearns (grade 11 president), Kenzie Wilson (ASB president), Tyler Blood (grade 8 president), Keila Qual (grade 12 president), Tanner Elliott (grade 9 president) and Trejan Speth (ASB activities director/vice president). What is bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and in- clude: • An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as phys- ical strength, access to embarrassing Health Center. Grant Union eighth- grade class president Ty- ler Blood addressed the Grant School District No. 3 school board at their March 16 meeting about the cam- paign. “We feel that this was a good project for us, even though most of our student body does not see bully- ing as a huge issue in our system,” she said. “Some students do experience bul- lying, so we want to make sure we address it and how to stop bullying at our school.” At the close of the cam- paign, Blood said she was happy the event went well. Debbie Ausmus 245 South Canyon Blvd. John Day, OR 97845 OPEN WED. & THUR. 9 am - 5 pm 541-575-1113 24 hrs/7 days wk debbie.ausmus@ countryfinancial.com la Qual, senior class presi- dent. “We’re a close school, and we don’t stand for that.” Attend a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Dinner and Benefit Auction Date: Time: for Less eomediagroup.com “I hope we do it next year,” she said. “We want to be 100 per- cent bully free,” added Kei- Where fun and fund-raising combine for a memorable evening. Stylish Looks The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. • Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. • Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. • Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Experts say youth can show support to friends and peers who are being bul- lied by talking to them, telling them that what happened to them isn’t OK or in- viting them to join in an activity. Information from StopBullying.gov and pacer.org/bullying. information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situ- ations, even if they involve the same people. • Repetition: Bullying behaviors hap- pen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, at- tacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. 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