PEER

 

Elementary Peer Leaders The Peer Leaders program in Midtown Community Schools creates a positive school atmosphere based on good citizenship. Students who become Peer Leaders provide services that benefit schools and their communities.

 

PEER LEADERS CHARACTERISTICS

A Peer Leader is someone who:

 

is a positive role mode

 

is trustworthy

 

is responsible

 

looks out for other students

 

respects themselves and others

 

attends school regularly

 

will give up time before,

during, and after school

 

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PEER LEADERS

Peer Leaders are dedicated in their mission to promote good citizenship.

Some examples of their work include orientation of incoming students, presentations to younger grade level students, becoming a "learning buddy" or tutor, promoting school wide health awareness and positivestudent behavior. Peer Leaders often design a plan for various projects, enabling all of the students in a school to participate in providing acommunity service to others. Some of these "special projects" are:

 

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Hat Day Fundraiser

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Pennies for patients

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School spirit days

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School beautification projects

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Fundraisers for charity

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Welcome booklets for new

students to a school

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PEER LEADERS PROGRAM GOALS

The Peer Leaders Program has several goals:

-to develop social skills for successful interpersonal relationships

-to provide models for character via the peer leaders

-to promote the idea of volunteerism

-to exemplify the philosophy of working for the common good

 

 

Pennies for Patients 

Since 1994, millions of dollars have been raised in pennies and other spare change by more than 10 million elementary, middle and high school students throughout the country. The funds, collected during a three-week period, benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Everyone who participates is a winner!Students across the country are collecting pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters during the Pennies for Patients campaigns benefiting the Society.In the Pennies for Patients campaign, the class collecting the most change in each school receives a pizza party. Prizes such as computers, electronics and sports equipment are presented to the top schools in each area.  The Pennies for Patients campaign began in the Society's North Carolina Chapter in 1995.