By Tammy L. Lane, Special to KyForward

At Liberty Elementary in Lexington, Ky., students participated in a variety of activities for National Bullying Prevention Month in October and Unity Day on Oct. 22. Throughout the month, students pasted compliments on an “Anti-Bullying Wall of Kindness,” a huge 6-paneled display in the school’s main foyer. Additionally, classes created visual art for large windows, teachers led themed lessons on bullying prevention, and students wore orange on Unity Day.

Binding it all together was the book “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin,” which each student read or heard. Using PACER’s Spookley Digital Teacher Toolkit, the school created a Spookley Storybook Trail in the gym that featured nine stations where students reviewed an excerpt from the book and learned about citizenship, understanding, responsibility, self-esteem, self-discipline, loyalty, justice, compassion and respect.

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