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McKensie Garber, Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen 2011, was at Gallatin High School on Thursday, March 1, to promote Character Education with junior high and high school students.
McKensie traveled to Orlando, Fla., this past August and competed in the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant. There she was awarded the non-finalist evening gown award as well as a four-year full ride scholarship to Troy University. McKensie is currently a senior at Hale High School.
McKensie serves as the official spokesperson for the Miss Missouri’s Outstanding Teen Organization. She is also the teen spokesperson for CHARACTERplus and serves on the honorary board of directors for the Megan Meier Foundation as a spokesperson.
McKensie talked with the Gallatin students about bullying. She reminded them that bullying can be physical, verbal and emotional. She said verbal bullying can include social media and cyber-bullying. She suggested that students not type anything on a keyboard that they would not be willing to say to someone’s face.
McKensie also talked to the teenagers about how bullying the emotionally vulnerable can cost them their life, as in the case of Megan Meier, who committed suicide after being taunted by other teens.
McKensie challenged the Gallatin students to not just remain passively on the sidelines, but to stand up to the bullies in their school.