Warning Signs:

• Comes home from school with torn, damaged, or missing clothing, books, and belongings.

• Has unexplained bruises, injuries, cuts, and scratches.

• Does not bring classmates or other peers home after school and seldom spends time in the homes of classmates or peers.

• Seems isolated from peers and may not have a good friend to share time with.

• Appears to be fearful about attending school, walking to and from school, or riding the bus.

• Has poor appetite, headaches, and stomach pains (particularly in the morning).

• Chooses a longer, “illogical” route for going to and from school.

• Asks for or takes extra money from family (money that may go to a bully).

• Appears anxious, distressed, unhappy, depressed or tearful when he or she comes home from school.

• Shows unexpected mood shifts, irritability, or sudden outbursts of temper.

• Has sleeping or eating problems.

• May lose interest in school work and experience a decline in academic performance.

• Talks about or attempts suicide

 Source:  www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/bullying