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St. Anne's kids send anti -bullying message
By Jennifer Hubbard
Clinton News -Record Staff
A group of St. Anne's
Secondary School students
has wrapped up its tour of
local elementary schools as it
worked to promote an anti -
bullying message in a unique
way.
Drama teacher Crystal
Brennan said the pilot
project, which saw the Grade
11 drama class write its own
play, is just the "beginning of
something much bigger."
"It's a really good message.
Not only do we get to have
fun doing a play, but we also
get to promote a message of
anti -bullying and help
someone," Eric Finlayson
said.
Starting off as a suggestion
from Huron Perth Catholic
District School Board
director of education Larry
Langan, the project soon took
on a life of its own as
students incorporated their
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Jennifer Hubbard photo
St. Anne's drama student Laura Wilhelm tries to ignore Marina Parejo and Jaime Price
as they make fun of her during a skit about bullying on the school bus. All three
students are members of Crystal Brennan's Grade 11 drama class that toured area
elementary schools earlier this month with their self written anti -bullying play.
own experiences.
The play features skits
depicting bullying in the
classroom, on the bus, on the
playground, at home and
even offers insight into the
reasons why children resort
to bullying as a way of
getting attention.
"It's not all about the
stereotypical bully because
we wanted to get a message
across that people could
relate to," Jaime Price
explained.
"It's what happened when
we were little... what we saw
and what goes on now."
"It's not just physical
bullying, but emotional
bullying as well," Sarah
Cooper added. "It happens all
of the time. Even adults get
bullied."
But it wasn't an easy
process. Students found
themselves revising their
script continuously in an
attempt not to sound
"preachy."
"We know how it feels
when people preach to us and
you start to tune them out,"
Cooper said.
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The play also encourages
self examination in students
to determine whether or not
they are a bully themselves.
Brennan commended her
class on its success in finding
a variety of interventions
when it comes to bullying,
including parent, teacher,
peer and sibling.
"Friends who want to make
a difference have the power
to do so," she commented. "If
a peer intervenes in bullying,
it usually stops within 10
seconds. That's why we
wanted to put the power back
into the hands of the
students."
Following a dress rehearsal
presentation at St. Anne's last
Thursday, the class toured
Precious Blood, St. Boniface,
St. Mary's, St. James and Si
Joseph's schools.
Brennan said the project
was a perfect fit for the Grade
11 class, because of its focus
on children's theatre. It is just
one of the Safe Schools
Initiatives organized by the
Catholic board.
And while she's still
waiting for feedback,
Brennan said the project will
definitely continue next year.
One school has already
requested the script and song
so that its Grade 8 class could
do their own performance of
the play.
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