Learning About Bullying Through the Documentary BULLY

Funded Jun 1, 2012

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your very generous donation that allowed us to bring our 7th graders to see the documentary "Bully". Our students have been working very hard on our unit on bullying, which included reading The Bully by Paul Langan, writing letters to bullies and to victims and creating persuasive pamphlets to encourage people to stop a specific type of bullying, wether it be cyber, physical or verbal. Aside from the various skills that were taught throughout this unit, we really wanted our students to take a stand against bullying and to become advocates for those students who are victims.

We knew we wanted to take them to see this documentary as a culminating activity that would truly impact them to take a stand. However, due to severe budget cuts in our school, this never would have been able to happen for these kids without your generosity.

The students were tremendously affected by the documentary and we have noticed a major difference in their views on bullying. Your donation has definitely helped the fight against bullying for the students at MS 337.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Alvarez