Huron Expositor, 2007-11-21, Page 13News
The Huron Expositor • November 21, 2007 Page 13
SPS students learn to use 'power of one' at
workshop to end bullying in their community
Susan Hundertmark
Dressed in superhero garb, the
"Chosen One" looked into a box to
find the secret of the end to all bul-
lying - only to find her own reflec-
tion gazing back.
"Everyone has the power of one to
stop bullying," declared actor Renee
Summerfield, of Toronto to an audi-
ence of Seaforth Public School stu-
dents.
A presentation by Soren Bennick
Productions brought the message of
the importance of reporting bullying
to SPS last Wednesday.
Along with a series of skits that
demonstrated the roles of the bully,
target and bystander during
instances of physical, verbal, exclu-
sion and cyber bullying, the stu-
dents were asked to take an anti -
bullying oath promising not to bully
or stand by whenever they see bul-
lying.
"Use your power of one to stand
up for yourself. When you do that,
you're at the top and the bully
doesn't look so big. When you do
that in Seaforth, everyone in your
community is safe," said
Summerfield.
On the way out of the presenta-
tion, each student was shown a box
with a mirror inside to see that they
each have the power to stop bully-
ing.
"This show is a result of principals
asking us to impart this information
since we have a gift for grabbing
kids' attention," said Soren Bennick
president Michael Sheahan in an
interview after the show.
While the Power of One show has
been performed across Canada close
to 3,000 times, Wednesday's perfor-
mance was the
first in Seaforth.
"It's a ruggedly
tested show that
compliments
what school
boards are
already doing,"
said Sheahan.
He said the anti -bullying oath is
often very effective in bystander sit-
uations if a student is reminded
that he or she made the promise to
report bullying.
"It helps them realize when they
break their contract," he said.
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Susan Hundertmark photos
Seaforth Public School students Jordan
Thompson, Dalton Holmes and Bronwyn
Saxon take on the role of bystanders in
a dramatized bullying incident (above)
while at right, Jayden Adams pledges to
report bullying whenever he witnesses it
during a bullying workshop at SPS last
week.
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