article_snippet: Elijah Thurston, a first grade student, was given the punishment from Stratton Meadows Elementary School for threats against peers following the incident on Monday.
article_snippet: Six-year-old Elijah Thurston (above), a first grade student, was given the punishment from Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado for threats against peers following the incident on Monday .
article_snippet: Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado takes into consideration previous and current behaviors and also speaks to both the student and parents before issuing a suspension, said a spokesperson for Harrison School District Two.
article_snippet: Mr Thurston said that while this is Elijah's first time in trouble at Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado, Mr Thurston previously had minor behavioral incidents at the school Mr Thurston attended before Stratton Meadows.
article_snippet: Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado takes into consideration previous and current behaviors and also speaks to both the student and parents before issuing a suspension, said a spokesperson for Harrison School District Two. 
highlights_snippet: Elijah Thurston, a first grade student from Colorado, was given one-day suspension from Stratton Meadows Elementary School .
  
highlights_snippet: Stratton Meadows Elementary School gave him punishment for 'threats against peers'
  him father, Austin Thurston, said Child was playing and disciplinary action was 'a little extreme'
  Child has written letter to school saying sorry and stating him understands severity of him actions .