Bullying Gets Beaten Up
Juvenile Justice Play Teaches Students That Bullying
Needs to be Knocked Out
St. Louis, Dec. 12, 2005-Many people think of bullying
as a bad thing, but also a normal part of growing up. No harm, no foul,
they say. Let kids be kids. Taunting and roughhousing are just a part
of child’s play.
One child’s play, an anti-bullying production called
Mission Possible by the Second Chance Foundation, teaches students,
teachers, and administrators alike that bullying does very real damage.
Research shows bullying often goes unnoticed, it is linked to serious
school violence incidents such as school shootings, and that victims
of bullying have higher rates of anxiety and depression as adults.
The Mission Possible program receives federal funds thanks
to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, Title II grants,
administered and monitored by the Department of Public Safety. Mission
Possible will be impacting children in St. Louis on Tuesday, Dec. 13
at 10 a.m. at River Bend School in Chesterfield located at 224 River
Valley Drive; and Dec. 19 at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Carmen Trails
Elementary in Manchester located at 555 Weidman Road.
WHO: The Second Chance Foundation’s Mission Possible
Actors
WHAT: An Anti-Bullying Presentation
WHEN/WHERE: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m., River Bend School, Chesterfield
Monday, Dec. 19, 1:30 & 2:30 p.m., Carmen Trails, St. Louis
For more information on Public Safety’s Juvenile
Justice Grants, please contact Terri Durdaller at (573) 751-4819.