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A retired Fairfield police officer and school resource officer, Joe Uchisba, standing at left center, is the featured presenter for Fairfield-Suisun Unified’s anti-bullying workshop, aimed at visiting every fifth- and six-grade class in the school district. (Contributed photo — FSUSD)
For every major issue in American society, there is a month, it seems.
And October is National Anti-Bullying Month, which emphasizes the need to reflect on class and school culture, according to Fairfield-Suisun Unified officials.
This month, striving to implement a culture of kindness and respect and to maintain spaces where students feel safe and welcome, they have arranged for a speaker to visit every fifth- and sixth-grade class in the district to deliver an anti-bullying workshop, a six-part series in a span of six weeks.
The presenter is Joe Uchisba, a retired Fairfield police officer and school resource officer. Among his topics: how to build a caring community, where everyone feels safe and respected; what to do if we see someone doing something wrong; self-care/reducing stress and nervousness; defining bullying and bullying behavior and cyberbullying.
“The goal of these workshops is to create a caring community where everyone feels safe and respected,” Uchisba said in a prepared district statement. “Children cannot learn effectively in an environment where they feel unsafe.”