Matthew Miele - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:22:08 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Matthew Miele - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic school suspends boy for bow and arrow gesture https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/11/06/catholic-school-suspends-boy-for-bow-and-arrow-gesture/ Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:07:57 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=78682 A six-year-old boy was suspended from a US Catholic school after he pretended to shoot another student with an imaginary bow and arrow. The principal of Our Lady of Lourdes School in Cincinnati wrote in a letter that he had "no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence". The boy's parents said their son Read more

Catholic school suspends boy for bow and arrow gesture... Read more]]> A six-year-old boy was suspended from a US Catholic school after he pretended to shoot another student with an imaginary bow and arrow.

The principal of Our Lady of Lourdes School in Cincinnati wrote in a letter that he had "no tolerance for any real, pretend, or imitated violence".

The boy's parents said their son was just imitating a "power ranger" in the playground during a recess.

Matthew Miele, the boy's father, said the three day suspension is such a severe punishment that it is difficult to make this a proper "teachable moment" for his son.

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