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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