The Rampage

Claire Strickland Opinion Editor             Wednesday April 8, Stand for the Silent members spoke to staff members at their regular two-hour late start meeting. Sophomores Cassidy Oberbroeckling, Kailie Hesner and junior Missy Rovner spoke in the meeting. "This morning we presented in front of the SEP high school staff, informing them more about the club Stand for the Silent, including what we do, why we are doing it, what our goals are, and what we are learning while we do it, along with some information about our latest project, the Pieces of Me Campaign," Hesner said. Stand for the Silent has been traveling to the elementary schools around the district with the junior high and Spring Creek students. "It felt really great to talk in front of our school’s staff because it's showing them more about who we are and what we do to open up their minds about getting involved and getting to see what some of their students a...

Claire Strickland Opinion Editor Here at Southeast Polk, there is a club called Stand for the Silent. On a weekly basis, the club has now been giving presentations about bullying to elementary aged students. Sophomore, Cassidy Oberbroeckling, is a part of these skits.                 “We present bullying statistics, give definitions of bullying and cyber bullying, and give short skits to a range of third through fifth graders,” Oberbrockling said. Every week, Stand for the Silent kids go and teach younger kids about bullying and how to prevent it or how to help a friend if they are getting bullied. Spring Creek, Junior High and High School students are all involved in these skits. The students give skits on physical, verbal, cyber and social bullying.                 After the skits and other information, students go to the clas...