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WhatisthePeerMentorprogram?

ThepurposeofthePeerMentorprogramistoprovidesupportfor8thand9th
gradersandtransferstudentsintheirtransitiontothehighschool.Thepeer
mentorsarejuniorsandseniorswhohaveshownaninterestinandcapacityfor
helpingothers.Allpeermentorsarematchedwithstudentmentees.

RelationalAggression&Bullying

GoalsofthePeerMentorProgram:

Positivelyinfluencethebeliefsandbehaviorsofmiddleschoolstudents

Buildleadershipskillsinhighschoolstudents

Develophealthypeerrelationshipsthatarebasedontrust

ObjectivesofthePeerMentorProgram:

Recruitandtrainhighschoolstudentstobecomementors
TeachHSStudentstodeliveranintroductoryprogramonrelationalaggression
&bullyingtoupperelementaryand/ormiddleschoolstudents

ProvideongoingopportunitiesforHSMentorstoworkwithyounger
students

PeerMentorProgramCoreBeliefs:

Wecanchangethesocialclimateofourschools

Everymemberoftheschoolcommunityisvaluable

Mentorshipisapowerfulwaytocreatesafesocialclimates
Thenegativeimpactofpeeraggressionmustberecognized&everyoneheld
accountablefortheiractions

Preventionistheultimategoal

Bystandershavethepowertochangesocialsituationsforthebetter

PositiveNormativeBeliefs:

Itreatotherswithcivility&respect

Iamaccountableformyactions,andwhenImakeamistake,Imakeit
right

Idonotbullyothers

Iunderstandthateveryonebelongshere
Istandupformyselfandforothers

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