Health advocates urge suicide awareness instruction for grades 7-12

BISMARCK -- Kennedy Gjovik told a North Dakota legislative committee that she attempted her first suicide at 10 years old.

“I was in the third grade when the cyberbullying started,” she said. “I was added into a group chat that kids from my previous school were in. The first message was, ‘Why don’t you go kill yourself ?’”

Gjovik, now a college freshman, testified in front of the Senate Human Servic…