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Welcome to another amazing year at Southwood Middle School! 
To speak to a counselor please e-mail them using the information below.
 
Who is  My Counselor and How Can I Contact Them? 
 
Ms. Ana Gomez
All 8th Grade and 6th Grade Last Names A-L
ana_gomez@dadeschools.net
Room 274
Ext. 2386
 
Ms. Estrella Arnold  
All 7th Grade and 6th Grade Last Names M-Z 
earnold@dadeschools.net
Room 143
 Ext. 2143
 
 
Vision:  The vision of Southwood Middle School Student Services is for all students to persevere and be successful academically, socially, and psychologically.  With the help of community partnerships, parental involvement, cultural awareness, and proactive interventions, every student should experience an accepting environment to develop a sense of respect for individual rights of others while developing their own sense of self. Through challenging academics and the use of technology, every student will be prepared to face the challenges of a 21st-century competitive workforce. Our students will develop to be empathetic, creative, responsible, and productive college and career citizens ready for the growing global economy.
Mission: The mission statement of Southwood Middle School is to provide a safe environment for student self-growth and awareness where students will excel academically, socially, and psychologically. This will enable students to develop into independent, emphatic, and productive members of society.

Faculty & Staff

Ms. Estrella Arnold
School Counselor

Mrs. Ana Gomez
School Counselor

Nancy Velez
SCSI Coordinator

Academic Advising

Look below for links of useful websites for academic help!

 
 
 
 
Do you want to take a course in FLVS?
 
Go to:     www.flvs.net
 
Follow the steps to make an account and request a course!

Student Services Resources

 

Articulation

We are in the process of articulation!

 
Please turn in a form to your teacher filled out. Remember that every teacher should recommend your classes for next year. Then you choose 5 electives in the order of preference!
 
You will receive physical education next year unless a parent signs the PE waiver on the back of the subject selection sheet (future 7th and 8th grade only!)
 
Remember that if you are an incoming 6th grader, PE is mandatory.
 
Please return your subject selection as soon as it is done! 

Bullying

Southwood Middle School stands up against bullying.
 
If you feel like YOU or SOMEONE YOU KNOW is being bullied, SPEAK UP!

 

Definition of Bullying:

 

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. 
To be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

 

An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

 

Types of Bullying 

 

There are three types of bullying:

 

Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes: Teasing
Name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, taunting, threatening to cause harm.

 

Social bullying sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone's reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes: Leaving someone out on purpose, telling other children not to be friends with someone, spreading rumors about someone, and embarrassing someone in public.

 

Physical bullying involves hurting a person's body or possessions. Physical bullying includes: Hitting/kicking/pinching, spitting, tripping/pushing, taking or breaking someone's things, making mean or rude hand gestures

 

What is Cyberbullying

 

Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.

 

Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.

 

Why Cyberbullying is Different

 

Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior.

 

Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source. Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.
 
Effects of Cyberbullying  

 

Cell phones and computers themselves are not to blame for cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school, and for entertainment. But these tools can also be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar.

 

Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:

 

Use alcohol and drugs
Skip school
Experience in-person bullying
Be unwilling to attend school
Receive poor grades
Have lower self-esteem
Have more health problems
 
For more information, please visit www.cyberbullying.us
 
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