Middle School

Purpose: As a potential leader at middle high school, student leaders can make a significant difference in their school and community. This workshop helps middle school students develop and use their leadership position and abilities to influence others to make positive choices. Students also learn how to help promote a more supportive and safe school climate for all students.

Goals and Objectives:

This workshop helps students:

• Identify personal leadership qualities.
• Communicate effectively with students and adults about issues that affect you and fellow students.
• Develop and share creative and diverse approaches to peer-led prevention activities for elementary, middle and high school students.
• Develop creative and diverse approaches to problem solving, resisting peer pressure, developing healthy friendships, coping with stress and communicating with adults.
• Understand how student leaders can use their influence to prevent problems affecting other teens and to promote healthy lifestyles.
• Explore the value/importance of personal and civic responsibility.

This is an all-day training for students currently in eight grade at both Clarke and Diamond who have been recommended by faculty and staff to participate. Lexington High School Prevention Peer Educators, under the supervision of the Prevention Specialist, facilitate the activities and discussions as a part of this all day training.