TCMS kicks off anti-bullying program
Published 8:00 am Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- Submitted photoRight: On the front row, left to right, are Ben Taylor, Andreaya Reddick, Kierra Green, An’Quanasia Rauls, and Lauren Jones; middle row, Kendal Young, Savannah Beasley, Melinda Thompson, Haley Anderson, Cadence Allen, Briley Wilson, Allison Pope, Keke Brown, and Jason Larkin; and back row, Hunter Ryan, Christian Moore, Caitlyn McAboy, D. J. Thurman, Brice Hopper, Reid Harvey, A. J. Smith, Fisher Clements, Charlize Scudder, Bhumin Patel, Ricky Fulton, Adam Hopkins, Evan Wynn, and Calvin McCray. Not pictured are J.J. Potts, Griffin Taylor, Chandler Lane, Cameron Cauley, and Quincy Clark.
Thomas County Middle School recently kicked off its “Be The Voice” campaign. “Be The Voice” (BTV) is a program designed to empower students to bypass the bully and support the victim in a safe, non-confrontational way. The program was purchased for the middle school by the Thomasville Rotary Club.
Ashley Vincent, eighth-grade counselor, formed a BTV group of students to lead the campaign. On the first day of the campaign, the BTV group welcomed students to school on the bus line and car drop off lines with stickers. Videos were shown in every classroom at TCMS that morning explaining the program.
The BTV program will run through the next several weeks with each Friday being designated for teachers to show a video that helps empower students in kindness, compassion, and inclusion.
