McClusky High School students face discipline for a video on MySpace.com showing them bullying another student.

School officials became aware of the video Wednesday and spoke with the students. The video was removed from the site, and the school is considering what disciplinary action will be taken against the students.

The video, titled "Bullies of the Month," was posted on a MySpace page belonging to a 17-year-old from McClusky. MySpace is a site popular with youth and young adults for meeting people, keeping in touch with friends and sharing music and videos.

In the video, students sit on couches and watch while two boys grab a boy standing by the lockers and hoist him off the ground by his wrist and ankles.

After several minutes of struggling, the boy is let go, and one of the two boys says into the camera that he bullied. Another video shows one of the boys from "Bullies of the Month" approaching another student in a chair and shoving at him until he falls out of the chair on the ground. This video does not have credits like the "Bullies" video, but is in the same setting and the student is wearing the same clothing.

"I think they're just horsing around," Principal Dan Klemisch said.

The students in the video are friends, he said. From the description of the setting, it appears to have been filmed in the school's commons area, he said.

Regardless of the students' intent, Klemisch said he took the video seriously. He spoke with the superintendent and the technology staffer Wednesday and started the investigation. By Wednesday afternoon, the video was no longer available on the teen's MySpace page.

Klemisch characterized the teens involved in the video as good kids, one in particular who likes to "clown around," and together they like to have fun.

Schools have bullies, and in light of other school incidents in the country, he doesn't want to overlook it, he said.

The school has a computer class that teaches students how to make videos to upload to the Internet. The bullying video, however, was taking something they learned too far, Klemisch said.

The teen who has the site could not have put the video on MySpace while at school. The district's Internet filter blocks the MySpace Web site.

Klemisch splits his time between McClusky and Goodrich schools. He was told by the superintendent that he stopped the boys from goofing off in the commons, and it might have been related to the video, he said.

"The superintendent must have caught the end of it and there will be consequences," for the boys, Klemisch said. "They were just being goofy and stupid."

The superintendent spoke with the students and some teachers Wednesday. They will be disciplined, but Klemisch would not comment on what type of disciplinary action would be taken.

(Reach reporter Sara Kincaid at 250-8251 or sara.kincaid@;bismarcktribune.com.)