Hundreds of students at New Brunswick's Riverview High School rallied today in support of a former student who left the school because he was being bullied.

Tristan Terry started Grade 10 at the school last month, but he says he was constantly being harassed by fellow students. The 14-year-old says he has been bullied for the last seven years, but the situation recently got worse when one group of students pelted him with rocks and crab apples.

His father, Donald Terry, told CTV News earlier this week that his cries for help fell on deaf ears at the school and with the local RCMP.

"I went to the school to get the issue addressed and to pick up my son, and the next thing I know I had two boys in my face telling me they were going to kick the s*** out of my son and there was nothing the cops, school or I could do about it, and they had plans for me as well and I better go home before I get hurt too," Donald Terry told CTV News on Monday.

He asked if Tristan could be removed from the classes with the boys who were bullying him, but he says the harassment continued even after the students were separated.

So, he decided to pull Tristan from Riverview and enroll him in a different high school.

But today, students at Riverview High School stood up and said they too have had enough of bullying. They held a rally in support of their former classmate, an effort that started Monday night with the creation of a Facebook group.

"I went away from the computer for an hour and a half, and there were over 400 members in the group," says student Jena Guimond.

"We wanted to shed a light on not just this one event in particular, but bullying in general," says student Naomi Clark. "Showing people that students can come together and stand up for a victim or victims and show they're supported at the school they go to and can feel safe."

While the students recognize that bullying can be an issue in their school, they also said they hope their school doesn't develop a bad reputation.

"For incidents like this, when bullying occurs, I don't want it to take away from the fact that students and faculty work hard to make everybody feel at home, so they're safe here," says student Liam Murphy.

Hundreds of students signed a banner over the lunch hour, both condemning bullying and signing messages of support for Tristan Terry, who says he is grateful for the support he is receiving from his old school.

"I don't think I'd be this far in all this if it wasn't for my classmates at Riverview High," says Terry. "I can't express enough my love for them for what they're doing today."

His father, Donald Terry, says he is overwhelmed by the show of support.

"We've had multiple parents contact us in support," he says. "We've had multiple students contact us in support from schools all over the Maritimes, as well as Canada."

Tristan Terry says he is settling in to his new school, and for the first time in seven years, looks forward to going to school.

"Basically this is my new home for school, a bunch of my classmates have opened up their arms for me to come here, they've sat by me in class, they think I'm just the best thing for doing all this," he says.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Nick Moore