Students Walk Out Against Bullying in Brooklyn
Uncommon Excellence Boys Middle School students marched through Bedford-Stuyvesant during National Bullying Prevention Month to call for an end to bullying.
Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Secondary Education
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In October 2026, students at Uncommon Excellence Boys Middle School staged a schoolwide walkout against bullying during National Bullying Prevention Month. Students marched through their Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood carrying signs and chanting for an end to bullying.
Why it matters
The walkout reflects student-led efforts to raise awareness about bullying and promote kindness, respect, and accountability among young people. It also highlights the school's emphasis on engaging students in difficult conversations and developing leadership skills.
The walkout was held during National Bullying Prevention Month in October 2026 and honored Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old from Mississippi. No participant count or measured outcome was reported, and the extraction does not establish a link between Wells' death and bullying.
The players
Uncommon Excellence Boys Middle School
A Brooklyn middle school in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood that provides students opportunities to engage in difficult conversations and develop leadership skills.
Jermaine Isaac
The principal of Uncommon Excellence Boys Middle School who emphasized the importance of a staff that reflects the students it serves.
The details
Students marched through their Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood with signs and chants, with seventh-grader Jaden Holliday and fifth-grader Banks Duboius among the participants. Participants emphasized standing against discrimination and supporting students from different backgrounds, while Principal Jermaine Isaac stressed the value of a staff that reflects the students it serves.
Timeline
October 2026: Schoolwide walkout held during National Bullying Prevention Month.
Season Trajectory
The walkout fits into the annual October calendar of National Bullying Prevention Month, when schools nationwide typically host anti-bullying programming. Student-led actions like this one extend that observance from classroom instruction into public neighborhood spaces.
For New York City families, the walkout shows how middle schools are using structured student activism to address bullying directly. Parents and students in the city can look to such school-led programs as a model for building respectful school cultures.
The takeaway
Schools can channel student concern about bullying into visible, structured action that reaches beyond the classroom. Families seeking similar engagement can ask their own schools how students are involved in anti-bullying efforts.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by BKReader.
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