FORT LAUDERDALE , Florida ( CNN ) -- An elementary school teacher was arrested for punching an 8-year-old student in the face this month , Fort Lauderdale police said Tuesday . David Adam Grant is accused of striking an 8-year-old student at a Fort Lauderdale , Florida , school . David Adam Grant , 36 , an art teacher at Sunland Elementary School , turned himself in to police Tuesday in connection with the November 5 incident , authorities said in a written statement . Police responded to a report of battery at the school , and `` preliminary investigations revealed that an 8-year-old student ... had been battered . '' Authorities allege that Grant `` hit the 8-year-old student around his left eye with a loosely closed fist , causing a bruise over his right eye , '' according to the police statement . Grant surrendered to police after detectives contacted him , the statement said . He faces child abuse charges . The incident remains under investigation , authorities said . CNN 's Rich Phillips contributed to this report .
Fort Lauderdale art teacher said to strike 8-year-old in the face . Man turned himself in to police Tuesday . Sunland Elementary teacher faces child abuse charges , police say .