Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
All schools in the District have named two Coordinators. The Coordinators for Williamsville South High School are: Salvatore Curella (Assistant Principal) and Chris McDuffie (Assistant Principal), who can be reached at 626-8200. Please contact a coordinator should you have any concerns or wish to report an incident at South High School.
At South High School, we believe the best way to create a positive school environment and prevent bullying issues is to have our students engaged and involved. Over the past six years our SDM team has spearheaded a drive to get our students involved in co-curricular activities, and last year we had 83% of our students involved in at least one. In addition, each year we have our teachers fill out an online report in which the place a check mark next to any students that they have made a “positive connection” with. Once the teachers have done this, we aggregate the data and let teachers know of any students who did not have a check next to their name, and ask them to make an effort to do so.
During October, South participates in anti-bullying week. Throughout the course of the week, information about bullying is sent via e-mail to students, parents and staff each day. We typically air three anti-bullying PSA videos during our morning announcements, and this year one of them was made by a South student. The Link Crew created hundreds of positive messages and anti-bullying messages which were posted throughout the building to remind students of our mission.
For the past five years, South has run a week-long program in the Spring dedicated to positive online communication. Last year, the focus of this week was proper use of Social Networks, and included a series of messages about cyber-bullying and positive online communications. This Spring, we will once again be having our Social Network Awareness week, with a continued focus on positive communication.