Freeman High School Leadership Class Takes Action Against Bullying

Bullying is a serious issue that affects one out of four students in the United States. Because of this, the Freeman School District doesn’t taking bullying lightly. To help educate Freeman students, a representative from Canfield and Associates came to the district and gave an educational speech address-ing this important topic.


The High School Leadership class, realizing the enormity of this issue, decided to take additional steps to educate our students. They contacted the fifth and sixth grade teachers and arranged times to give presentations to those students.


These presentations consisted of skits, short vid-eos, PowerPoint's and interactive games. In addition to educating the students, the leadership class em-phasized the importance of bystanders, those people that are a witness to the incident, and how they can make a difference.


The elementary students were very grateful for reinforcing the techniques of how to handle a bullying situation. A number of students from Mrs. Hawley’s class sent thank you notes to the Leadership class.


Kassidy said,

"Thanks for teaching us how to stop bullying. You are the best."

This small token of gratitude doesn’t begin to explain how grateful the students were, both high school and elementary.


While the elementary students learned a lot, so did the high school students.

"I was so blessed to be able to have an influence on young students that face bullying everyday," senior Hanna Weathers said.

Bullying is a serious issue in today’s society; together we can make a difference.this, the Freeman School District doesn’t taking bullying lightly.