Torrance Chinese School is committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment for our students.

We prohibit all acts of bullying.

Please see our policy for bullying prevention and contact the principal or PSA if you wish to report such behavior.

Preventing bullying is the responsibility of all TCS students, parents and staff.

For more information on bullying, please refer to www.stopbullying.gov."

Torrance Chinese School’s Policy for Bullying Prevention

Torrance Chinese School believes that all students have a right to a safe and healthy school environment. The school and community have an obligation to promote mutual respect, tolerance, and acceptance.

Torrance Chinese School will not tolerate behavior that infringes on the safety of any student. A student shall not intimidate, harass, or bully another student through words or actions. Such behavior includes: direct physical contact, such as hitting or shoving; verbal assaults, such as teasing or name-calling; and social isolation or manipulation.

Torrance Chinese School expects students and/or staff to immediately report incidents of bullying to the principal or designee. Staff who witness such acts take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so. Each complaint of bullying should be promptly investigated. This policy applies to students on school grounds, while traveling to and from school or a school-sponsored activity, whether on or off campus, and during a school-sponsored activity.

To ensure bullying does not occur on school campus, Torrance Chinese School will cultivate acceptance and understanding in all students and staff to build school's capacity to maintain a safe and healthy learning environment.

Teachers should discuss this policy with their students in age-appropriate ways and should assure them that they need not endure any form of bullying. Students who bully are in violation of this policy and are subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.

Every Torrance Chinese School student, while on school grounds, or when traveling to and from school or a school-sponsored activity, whether on or off campus must adhere to the following:

·         Any student who engages in bullying may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion.

·         Students are expected to immediately report incidents of bullying to the principal or the Parent Services Association.

·         Students can rely on staff to promptly investigate each complaint of bullying in a thorough and confidential manner.

·         If the complainant student or the parent of the student feels that appropriate resolution of the investigation or complaint has not been reached, the student or the parent of the student should contact the principal or the Parent Services Association. The school system prohibits retaliatory behavior against any complainant or any participant in the complaint process.

The procedures for intervening in bullying behavior include, but are not limited, to the following:

·         All staff, students and their parents can view this policy on our website.

·         The school will make reasonable efforts to keep the results of the investigation confidential.

·         Staff who witness acts of bullying shall take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so. People witnessing or experiencing bullying are strongly encouraged to report the incident; such reporting will not reflect on the target or witnesses in any way.

Torrance Chinese School’s Policy for Conflict Resolution

Torrance Chinese School believes that all students have a right to a safe and healthy school environment. Part of a healthy environment is the freedom to openly disagree. With this freedom comes the responsibility to discuss and resolve disagreements with respect for the rights and opinions of others.

·         Every Torrance Chinese School student, while on school grounds, or when traveling to and from school or a school-sponsored activity, whether on or off campus must adhere to the following: Students are to resolve their disputes without resorting to violence.

·         Students are encouraged to help fellow students resolve problems peaceably.

·         Students needing help in resolving a disagreement, or students observing conflict may contact the principal or the Parent Services Association.

·         Students involved in a dispute will be referred to a conflict resolution or peer mediation session with the principal. The principal will make reasonable efforts to keep the discussions confidential.

·         Conflict resolution procedures shall not supplant the authority of staff to act to prevent violence, ensure campus safety, maintain order, and discipline students.