Free, Federally Funded ANTI-BULLYING School Assembly Program:
“The Four Pillars of Personal Power”
This highly interactive, and educational experiential journey that takes students into the heart of what’s possible when they work together to create a culture of kindness at school.
Students learn stress tolerance skills, emotional regulation tools and how to create more personal power through positive self-esteem.
This anti-bullying assembly qualifies for EANS relief funding (Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools), so it would be no cost to your school.
Given that funding for EANS 1 runs out in September of 2023, let’s connect now so that we can schedule your program. You can go to this link to learn more about funding: https://factsmgt.com/facts-ed/eans/
Key learning points include:
· Students learn what bullying is and what it is not
· They learn strategies on what to do when being bullied at school and how to navigate cyber-bullying
· Students learn how to build a positive, emotionally safe climate at school by uplifting others
· Participants are advised on how to be leaders and role models for others
· Students learn simple emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills to give them a sense of agency and help navigate difficult conversations regarding the long term learning effects of COVID 19
Summary of Anti-bullying School Assembly
What follows is a brief outline of the program, “The Four Pillars of Personal Power”, which includes some of the magical effects that were used to create a truly engaging, interactive and transformational program.
Students are invited to imagine their best possible future accompanied by crystal ball contact juggling.
They are deeply acknowledged for how difficult the pandemic was and how they “Made it through!” This is illustrated with a newspaper that is torn during the narrative and is instantly restored.
Students learn that 160k children a day miss school due to bullying, and the cost of absenteeism.
The power of communication is illustrated in a narrative accompanied by rings magically linking and un-linking.
Students learn the true definition of bullying. Then they learn about the new movement in schools that is being initiated by students to create a culture of kindness, all while cards magically vanished and reappeared in Heather’s hands.
They learn that ‘strong personal power’ and ‘healthy self-esteem’ are powerful ways to avoid being a target of bullying.
Self-esteem building game: A student comes on stage and holds a sign with “Do” on one side and “Don’t” on the other side. Statements are read and the child indicates whether each statement is a “Do” or “Don’t” to build self-esteem.
They learn about an 11-year-old native American boy, who was bullied for wearing his long hair in braids. He said, “If you tell, you’re considered a snitch, but I go ahead and tell because standing up for what’s right is more important than name calling.” Then a feather magically floats in the air. “This is a young person who knows who he is and what matters to him.”
Students learn several tips on how to protect themselves from Cyber-bullying; while a large silk handkerchief magically slides through the center of a cell phone.
They learn that no one is better than anyone else, as modern science has proven that we are all made of energy, so we’re all the same. This is illustrated with 2 students on stage as silk handkerchiefs vanish and appear to illustrate this point.
They learn Gershen Kaufman’s 4 pillars of personal power that allow you to stick up for yourself:
1) to be responsible
2) to make choices
3) to get to know yourself and
4) to practice personal power
Each point is illustrated through several magical effects involving audience participation.
For example, milk in a large glass, is poured into continuously smaller and smaller glasses while tips are given on how to “shrink the bully in your mind.”
More education is delivered in a pop quiz game where two students hit a buzzer to answer multiple choice questions.
They learn the important truth: “One isn’t brave because they have self-esteem. The act of being brave BUILDS self-esteem.”
They have an opportunity to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate how far they have come, illustrated by a simple handkerchief transforming into an origami bird.
‘Signs of self-esteem’ finale: The program culminates in 8 students coming on stage and reading playing cards they were given before the program that list one of the signs of high self-esteem.
The students in the audience are asked to score themselves on how many signs of self-esteem that were read, that they also have.
After the cards are read, they are placed into the magician’s had to ‘build magnetism’ for a culture of kindness at school. After the cards are placed, all of the cards floated suspended upside down on the hand to show that… “We have achieved maximum magnesium to create a culture of kindness at this school!”
As the program concludes, students receive a very important message in this narrative:
“The biggest bully you will ever meet is right here in our own mind. It’s the inner critic. This is why we need to build ourselves up unconditionally so that we can hold our personal power in the face of inner criticism that can shrink our self-esteem and make us vulnerable to bullying.”
Students are invited to wake up every morning and say, “Huh, I actually am a pretty cool person!”
They are also invited to ask themselves, “What is one small thing I can do today to add to the culture of kindness at my amazing school?”