Bullying Guidelines

Green Zone:
1. Playful teasing
2. Systematic exclusion: including telling others to exclude someone and starting rumors
under age 8

Yellow Zone:
1. Hitting/kicking/shoving/pushing/tripping-anything that may injure others under age 8
2. Name calling: Describing words in reference to body image, intelligence, athletic ability
(name calling that would hurt others’ feelings or make them feel bad about themselves)
3. Systematic exclusion: including telling others to exclude someone and starting rumors
over age 9

Red Zone:
1. Physical Aggression: hitting/tripping/shoving/choking/kicking/holding someone against-
anything that may injure others/themselves (ages 9 and up)
2. Harassment/Name calling: in reference to religion, sexual orientation, racial, ethnic or
other severe harassment.

Bullying Consequences
GREEN Zone:
1st warning: Redirect camper
2nd warning: Redirect, communication with parent
3rd warning: Redirect, phone call home from Director
4th warning: Redirect, conference with parent, action plan

YELLOW Zone:
1st warning: 10-30 min loss of free time(depending on age)
2nd warning: 10-30 min loss of free time, think about it form, communication with parents
3rd warning: 30-60 min loss of free time, think about it form, action plan contract sent home
4th warning: Parent conference

Red Zone:
1. Physical Aggression: hitting/tripping/shoving/choking/kicking/holding someone against-
anything that may injure others/themselves (ages 9 and up)
2. Harassment/Name calling: in reference to religion, sexual orientation, racial, ethnic or
other severe harassment.

Bullying Consequences
GREEN Zone:
1st warning: Redirect camper
2nd warning: Redirect, communication with parent
3rd warning: Redirect, phone call home from Director
4th warning: Redirect, conference with parent, action plan

YELLOW Zone:
1st warning: 10-30 min loss of free time(depending on age)
2nd warning: 10-30 min loss of free time, think about it form, communication with parents
3rd warning: 30-60 min loss of free time, think about it form, action plan contract sent home
4th warning: Parent conference

RED Zone:
1st warning: 60 min loss of free time, think about it form, communication with parents
2nd warning: 1-2 day suspension (one day M-Th/one day Fri), think about it form, conference with
parents
3rd warning: Think about it form, conference with parents, possible expulsion from camp

DEPENDING ON SITUATION, AGE, AND SEVERITY OF BULLYING, DIFFERENT STEPS MAY BR TAKEN AT THE DISCRETION OF THE YMCA.