Indy 6th Grader Takes Proactive Approach to Prevent Bullying in Local Schools

Source: WRTV | Repost Fight for Life Foundation 6/24/2024 –

For Constantine Kaminski, he’ll tell you he knows firsthand the challenges that elementary school students face on a daily basis. “I’m a 12-year-old boy who likes tennis video games and basketball,” Kaminski said.

Whether it’s peer pressure, the daily tasks that comes with being a sixth grader who’s going into 7th grade or being bullied, he says he seen it all firsthand.

“I remember when I was in first grade when I was getting bullied and I didn’t understand why,” Kaminski added. When it comes to the topic of bullying, he says he’s experienced it at school, and has also witnessed his classmates experience it as well. “I didn’t want to go to school,” Kaminski told WRTV.

There are number of schools around Indianapolis using a program called Building Dreams. “It is a solution for this time that we are in with our youth,” Founder & CEO of Fight for Life Foundation Marlin Jackson said. Building Dreams is a cornerstone program of Fight for Life Foundation.

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