Peer Leadership

Peer Leadership will Restart in September!

Middle school students struggle every day with issues such as bullying, harassment, negative peer pressure, and social insecurities. In the fall of 2005,  Anthony Parlato and Lisa Sanders began a Peer Leadership Program with the goal of guiding a team of middle school age students who exhibit leadership qualities, empowering them to create a more positive school and peer climate.

Each week students in grades 8-10 meet at Moriches Community Center, 313 Frowein Road, Center Moriches. Guided by facilitators Jordan Sanders, Michael Valentine and Dylan Delong, youth discuss issues they and their peers face on a daily basis, such as bullying, substance use and peer pressure, and they brainstorm ways to create a more safe, positive and respectful school and peer climate. The facilitators stress confidentiality, guide them in role play and discussions, and offer advise regarding seeking help from school staff and others for more serious issues.

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Peer Leadership is funded by a generous grant from the Knapp Swezey Foundation.