Partner
At Children’s Mercy, our physicians and behavioral health providers see the impact that bullying has on the lives of Kansas City area students. Kids sometimes come to our emergency rooms with physical injuries, but also it’s the injuries we can’t see to a child’s self-esteem and confidence that leave lasting damage, too.
Our goal in this partnership between Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Sporting KC is to prevent bullying from ever happening by working with area schools and other community organizations. Please join us and let’s “Call it when we see it.”
To learn how your school can participate in Red Card, send us an email.
Free Resources
Red Card is a free campaign provided thanks to a partnership between Children’s Mercy Kansas City and Sporting KC.
Here are a few of the many free resources available to our partner schools:
Watch Virtual Assembly
Download User Guide
Download Reporting Forms
Download Communication Materials
Nearly 25% of students in the Kansas City area reported being bullied in the past year; and almost 12% had been cyberbullied.
In soccer, the red card indicates a serious offense, and the player is removed from the game. Red Card encourages kids and adults to speak up against bullying and, “Call it when you see it!”
Download Secondary School Posters
Download Tip Cards
Download Elementary School Posters / Coloring Sheets (English)
Download Elementary School Posters / Coloring Sheets (French)
Recommended Books
Picture Books
- You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!) by Taraji P. Henson
- Do You Even Know Me? By Reem Faruqi
- Way Past Mean by Hallee Adelman
- The Pipsqueak by Ben Manley
- Be Kind by Pat Ziestlow Miller
- One by Kathryn Otoshi
- Llama Llama and the Bully Goat by Anna Dewdney
- I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoët
- How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
- Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery by David Gordon
K - 2
- Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
- Don’t Sit on my Lunch by Abby Klein
- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- This Orq: He Say “Ugh!” by David Elliott
- The Infamous Ratsos: Live! In Concert by Kara LaReau
- Sir Ladybug and the Queen Bee by Corey R. Tabor
- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
- Peanut, Butter, and Crackers: Fetch! By Paige Braddock
- Fly Guy’s Amazing Tricks by Tedd Arnold
- Not Little by Maya Myers
- We’re Different, We’re the Same, and We’re All Wonderful by Bobbi Kates
3 - 6
- Invisible Isabel by Sall J. Pla
- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
- Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen
- Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Many Masks of Andy Zhou by Jack Cheng
- Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco
- Stuntboy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds
- Dust by Dusti Bowling
- The Real Deal by Lindsey Stoddard
- Speak Up by Rebecca Burgess
- Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor
6 - 8
- Jawbreaker by Christina Whyman
- Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. Headen
- Duel by Jessixa Bagley
- Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne
- Bystander by James Preller
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
- The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
- Posted by John David Anderson
- Bump by Matt Wallace
9 - 12
- The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
- Brock by Anthony McGowan
- Love and Resistance by Kara H.L. Chen
- Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer
- Huda F Are You? By Huda Fahmy
- Upstander by James Preller
- The Chocolate War by Rober Cormier
- King Dork by Frank Portman
- Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
- Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy by Becky Cloonan
Partner Area
Click the link below to access the full complement of materials available to our Red Card partner schools (username and password required).