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• Is your Child shy or non-
communicative?
• Do they need a sense of place in
their family and among their peers?
• Do they need to know how special
and exceptional they are?
• Do they fit-in well or are you
worried they won’t?
• Are you confident about your
Child’s future as they move
forward, socially speaking?
• Are they full of bluster and
attitude, not taking into account
others’ needs and parents and
teacher’s requests?
• Do you notice a lack of kindness in
your Child?
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“Like Diamonds in the rough; once polished, Children
become admired for their brilliance and quality.”
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SATs:
What it’s all about
This section is designed to give students the
opportunity to contribute their time, creativity and
talent to develop “Student Awareness Tools” on a
specific topic or issue facing kids today. By sharing
their voices, they can demonstrate how this topic looks
and feels in their world. They are encouraged to share
stories that highlight how students have dealt with,
overcome or been empowered by their experience.
Students write and photograph this entire section.
Parents are encouraged to use this section as a tool
in sharing peer-to-peer impact with their children. To
have your school/students considered for an upcoming
issue, contact
Michelle Jacoby, Managing Editor, MASK
The Magazine at mjacoby@maskmatters.org
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2011
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CRUCIAL COMPANIONS//
Two friends turn to each other when
faced with peer harassment
Feeling isolated from the effects of cyberbullying, Pinnacle High School
freshman Katie Glen* realized she wasn’t the only student going through it.
Glen switched from a very small and secluded private school to
Pinnacle High School in 2010 along with her good friend, Lindsey Day*.
However, Glen found high school to be an overwhelming experience and
felt miserable because of mean comments left on her Formspring page.
“I was really upset. [Whoever bullied me] knew who I was
dating at the time and said I wasn’t good enough for him. They also
called me fat, ugly and many other rude names,” Glen says.
Days later, Glen found out that she was not the only one being terrorized
and discovered that Day was also being harassed on Formspring.
“They said she was ugly, anorexic and didn’t belong here. When she found
out about the comments, she cried because she was so upset,” Glen says.
Since Glen and Day both needed a friend’s support through the ordeal,
they turned to the person who understood their emotions best: each other.
– Hailey Heldt