This is the second year Duncan Middle School has had an Anti-Bullying Week assembly to remind students and make them aware of bullying and how to handle it.
Melissa Mayo and Derrick Miller kick off the Anti-Bullying Week assembly.
DMS yearbook students spent two weeks working on skits to perform during the assembly. Throughout the week, posters were hung up by art students. And the Vocal Music Department even had students lend their voices for a song.
“Bullying is never OK,” Derrick Miller, journalism teacher said during the assembly.
Anti-Bullying Week and the assembly was an effort among the journalism, art and vocal music teachers and students, Miller said.
“As many people it took to put this assembly together, it takes more to stop bullying,” Miller said.
Gena Parker, eighth-grader, was among the journalism students who helped with the program. Parker was chosen to talk about what bullying is and the different types of bullying. She also introduced the four skits.
“I was involved in the anti-bullying assembly because I love speaking in large crowds,” Parker said. “I have the gift to speak to anyone, and I can talk about a wide range of subjects.”
Additionally, Maddie Caldwell, another eighth-grader, was selected to read an essay she wrote in front of the school after winning the essay contest put on as part of the Anti-Bullying Week. Caldwell’s essay talked about a time when she was getting bullied.
Other winners were chosen for the poster contest. The first place winner was Maria Montell.
