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My Visit to Middletown Elementary School
Mar 25th
Lyle Cogen delivers a powerful anti-bullying message to Middletown Elementary School….see it all here…. http://www.middletowncityschools.org/twintowersms/AboutOurSchool/News/tabid/777/ArticleID/1074/Default.aspx
THANK YOU!!!!!!
Mar 11th
Dear Mrs. C Thank you so much for coming today. Now I really think of how I treat people and how I should change. If you hadn't come last time I wouldn't have changed. Because of you more people like me better because of what you taught me. Who would have ever taught me a [...]
I Learned
Mar 11th
Lyle, When you came to my school I learned that I can try to cheer up someone who is droopy eyed, sagged shoulders, arms crossed and head down. I learned a ton about my class after crossing the line. Not only did they like brussel sprouts, but it was very interesting when the people that [...]
Mar 11th
Dear Lyle, I always feel uncomfortable in front of other kids. I feel like I am a "3" out of a king. My mom says the reason why people bully me is because I'm not confident, and I am not. But I can't be confident all of the time. One day I was confident and [...]
Mar 11th
dear LYLE You came to my school and made me think about a couple of things. One thing is i would never have thought that those people felt like that when they were crossing the line. personally when we were doing that and i was one of the people who crossed the line i was [...]
Dear Lyle Letters
Mar 2nd
Hi and Welcome to my Letters page! Please won't you share your thoughts about meanness and bullying in today's world? If you are here because you have seen the play "Sticks and Stones", please let me know if you were able to relate to the story. I wonder…. While you were watching the [...]
About Middle School
Feb 24th
Middle School: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Always doing something wrong Because they never learn Children can be very mean and Don’t even realize Everyone should get along Forget the past and move on Graduating with a smile on your face Having no bullys to push you around In middle school, [...]
New York Times: A Play About Bullying That’s Taken From Life
Dec 8th
A Play About Bullying That’s Taken From Life By KARIN LIPSON Published: February 25, 2009 Originally Appears in: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/long-island/01sticksli.html?_r=1 SCOTT and his younger sister, Lyn, are a couple of years apart in age and have been hanging with different crowds, but these days they share an unwanted bond: Both are the victims of vicious pranks [...]
Anti-Bullying Play “Sticks & Stones” Comes to Miami’s Aventura Arts Center
Dec 4th
The Aventura and Arts Cultural Center kicks off its Smart Stage series with the musical performance Sticks and Stones, which teaches children about the effects of bullying. View the story in the Miami Herald By Jennifer Moreno (jmoreno@miamiherald) October 6, 2011 — After witnessing countless acts of bullying during her childhood, writer and teaching artist [...]
