TROY >> About $4,500 from drug seizure money was donated to area school districts’ art programs by the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office in an inaugural Anti-Bullying Poster Contest. County ...

Churchill Road second graders Chase Powers, Annalee Borden Lara Barabanov, Sylvie Munn and Jackie Konuki Kawakami make new friends at a mix-it-up lunch during the school’s bullying prevention week.

The second Thursday of the school year is now known as Stand Up Against Bullying Day. To mark the day,Premier Rodney MacDonaldis asking students at every level towear pink.

In 2008, B.C. followed suit with its own provincial anti-bullying day, Feb. 27. This date was changed to Feb. 25 the following year, and Pink Shirt Day has been observed on this date ever since.

Bullying is discussed often at Patrick Henry Middle School, but thanks to the creative skills of two students, the issue will be 35 feet in the air and 25 feet wide for all in Sioux Falls to see.

Clearview Regional High School freshman Mariah Barnes, 15, places a piece of an anti-bullying mosaic, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The mosaic was not part of the second annual anti-bullying arts contests.

The second Thursday of the school year is now known as Stand Up Against Bullying Day. To mark the day,Premier Rodney MacDonaldis asking students at every level towear pink.