Saturday, September 28, 2024
Students at North Middle School in the Lynbrook School District reviewed a key phrase that helps maintain a mindful social media habit: Words have power.
Principal Marianne Healy, social studies teacher James O’Hara, and support staff visited classrooms to encourage safe and all-welcoming social media practices. Students were reminded that biased words, even when unintended, can cause pain and harm to young people and can also lead to more consequential impacts like acts of bias, discrimination, or bullying. Classrooms explored what biased language looks like, its impact, and how to address it when faced with or witnessing it.
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