Through the years when we have met with students who were bullied, they said that the most difficult thing was not what happened between them and the bully (unless they were hurt badly), but the toughest thing was seeing all those people standing around and watching. One student said, “Did they think I’m weak or […]
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With tears streaming down her face, she said, ““Thank you for caring about more than the bottom line. We walked out of the offices of two accountants in the last two days because they shamed us.” B.I.O.N.I.C. Teams not only impact those they reach out to, but they impact the B.I.O.N.I.C. students too. They learn […]
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What is the lasting impact of B.I.O.N.I.C. outreaches on B.I.O.N.I.C. students’ lives? Do they continue to use the skills they learned on the B.I.O.N.I.C. Team for the rest of their lives? One of the greatest ways that B.I.O.N.I.C. impacts our students is that they learn how to deal with tragedy! Our training for B.I.O.N.I.C. students […]
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As schools are seeing the impact of their B.I.O.N.I.C. Teams reaching struggling kids who are new, sick, hospitalized, bullied, or losing loved ones, the impact can be dramatic in creating a more caring climate in the schools. Kids are getting their eyes off their cell phones and noticing students in the halls or in their […]
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Can a hard bitter life be melted by love from kids? It happened to Rose, and kids’ lives will never be the same! When Sandy Austin was asked if the Sunrise Living Center could start a B.I.O.N.I.C. Team, she was excited to hear what Ronda Knuth’s vision was for her elderly residents at the center. […]
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The impact of COVID on families has been traumatic in many ways. At the height of the pandemic, schools switched to remote learning for months on end, and parents had to juggle helping their kids with schoolwork and the monotony of having to stay home, all the while having to balance their own workload for […]
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Our posters also encourage schools on the other side of the globe! In 2015 there was a shooting at a café in Paris. I asked our French teacher at Pomona High School where I was a school counselor and in charge of our B.I.O.N.I.C. Team at the time, how to write out the words in […]
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Why do we encourage poster outreaches as a part of our B.I.O.N.I.C. Teams to other schools/communities that experience tragedy? Sandy Austin got the idea when she was one of the most involved school counselors with the aftermath of the tragedy at Columbine High School. Seventeen years earlier, she had student taught at Columbine under one […]
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With schools starting back up this semester and COVID numbers surpassing any before, schools have been met with a new struggle during this continuing pandemic. School staff members are getting COVID at alarming rates, but there are not enough substitute teachers or other staff to cover for their sick colleagues. And then strange weather phenomena […]
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It’s a new school year! The students walking through your halls, are they new? Do they feel welcomed? When a student is sick, how do they get help in making up work? If they are bullied, who will help? If they lose a loved one, will they get support? These are some of the toughest […]
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