Summit to Host Cyberbullying Assembly

On Thursday, Oct. 27th Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School will be hosting an assembly entitled "Bullying, Cyberbullying and Youth Depression" by Mr. John Halligan at 7PM in the auditorium.  

Mr. Halligan's son, Ryan, took his own life after many years of bullying and harassment (most of which occurred on-line and off school grounds).  Ryan was only 13 years old.   

In memory of his son, John spearheaded the Vermont Bully Prevention bill  which was signed into law (ACT117) in May 2004 and only a few months after Ryan's death.

He also successfully led the passage of the law pertaining to mandatory suicide prevention education in public schools (ACT 114) in April 2006.  

His story and assembly program have been featured on Oprah,  Anderson Cooper,  Good Morning America,  Primetime with Diane Sawyer,  PBS Frontline America, BBC Worldwide as well as many other worldwide programs.  

This is an extremely powerful and informative assembly.