Teen Shares Anti-Bullying Message with Elementary School Students (The Tampa Bay Times)

Published by The Tampa Bay Times

Mar. 12, 2014

Article by Scott Keeler and Times Staff Writer

Web article: https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/teen-shares-anti-bullying-message-with-elementary-school-students/2169905/

A 15-year-old Boca Raton student is touring schools on Florida's west coast to share her anti-bullying message with elementary school students.

Lizzie Sider shared her own bullying experiences with 170 fourth- and fifth-graders at Fuguitt Elementary School in Largo on Wednesday. She said she was bullied starting in kindergarten through the fourth grade in Boca Raton.

"It was no fun, but you cannot stay quiet about bullying," she said. "You must speak out about it."

Sider is appearing at 11 schools on the west coast of Florida during the week, including six schools in Pinellas and Pasco counties.