Teen’s Suicide Moves Southern High to Create Portrait
After learning about a 15-year-old's tragic story of bullying and suicide, the Southern High community created a powerful painting to honor the teen's memory.
In October, a 15-year-old teenager from Vancouver, British Columbia, took her own life after she said the bullying at her high school became too much to bear. The victim, Amanda Todd, posted a YouTube video entitled “My Story: struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm,” communicating the internal pain she felt approximately a month before her death. In the weeks that followed, people across the globe rallied around Amanda and her family, offering support and words of comfort. After learning of Amanda’s tragic story a few weeks ago, Southern High's Art Department Chairman Mike Bell said he was deeply affected by the news. “I came in to work the next morning, I came in really early, and I just started to paint,” Bell said. “I stretched the …
Vadus H. Traylor
2:21 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
This is an amazing story of a good deed. Bell should be proud that he involved his students to show them the importance behind bullying and the devastation it can bring. Southern High be proud of this ! more ›