HEROES 2.0Eric Schwender, Lucy Kurtz, Abbie

Stallings, Garrett O’Bryan

Purpose

⬜ herOes 2.0 is designed to target bullying in the elementary school systems by performing skits with superheroes and super villains.

⬜ Performed in front of grades 3-5 at Burns and Highland with a target audience of 200-350 students.

Evidence of Community Health Problem

⬜ Bullying becomes an issue typically at the age of 11 (our project would address it before middle school).

⬜ 1 in 3 students report being bullied on school property in grade school.

Evidence of need

Percent of students affected by bullying⬜ 11 or younger-42.9% ⬜ 12-45.2%⬜ 13-43.5%⬜ 14 or older-39.8% ( Kentucky Department of Education, 2011).

Goal

⬜ Goal: our goal is to increase the awareness of bullying and its negative consequences that can occur.

Objectives

⬜ Objective 1: obtain funding through grants

⬜ Objective 2: schedule performance at local elementary schools

⬜ Objective 3: make up and practice our skits/prepare for the performance

⬜ Objective 4: perform skits and administer tests.

Evaluation

⬜ Will be evaluated using pre and post tests⬜ Retention rate of 80% ⬜ Example Question

True or false: 1 in 3 kids have been bullied at your age

A) True

Potential Funders/Partners

⬜ Some potential funders include:◼ Owensboro Health◼ The Kentucky Board of Education

⬜ Some potential partners include:◼ Kentucky Center for School Safety◼ Local elementary schools

Budget

⬜ The planned budget is to be $600.⬜ Budget will be used to buy costumes

($300), printing ($150), and props (under $50) (Amazon, 2013).

⬜ Extra $180 used for extra expenses we will have.

Where do you come in?

⬜Percent of students in each sector◼Props-10%◼Actors-40%◼Stagehands-10%◼Skit writers-20%◼Brochure editors-10%◼Pre/post test writers and graders-10%

Conclusion

In conclusion, our project hopes to:⬜Prevent bullying⬜Raise awareness in a younger

audience⬜Provide teachers with a report of their

student’s knowledge⬜Prevent future problems down the road⬜Make the community a better place!

Citations

⬜Kentucky Department of Education. (2011). [accessed 6 March, 2014]. Retrieved from http://education.ky.gov/school/sdfs/Pages/Bullying-Statistics.aspx⬜Amazon. (2013). Accessed 25

February 2014]. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=superhero+costumes