OZARK, Ala. (WTVY)—Mixon Intermediate School recently received a $500 Lend a Hand grant through its peer helpers’ S.A.I.L. (Students Insisting In Learning) campaign. The peer helper program is a group ...

May 12—GREENSBURG — The South Decatur Peer Helpers class recently received a $15,000 grant from the Decatur County Community Foundation. Peer Helpers are students trained to recognize when their peers ...

Odenville Elementary School recently selected students to take part in its new Peer Helper Group program. As a Peer Helper, each student will complete weekly activities such as welcoming classmates to ...

The students participated in a day-long training session conducted by Mrs. Harden, Mrs. Steltenpohl, and Mrs. Kenyon. The training taught students skills they could use to be successful Peer Helpers ...

The peer helper group began in Decatur City Schools this year, and the group of helpers selected at Frances Nungester Elementary say they look forward to assisting fellow students in talking about ...

The Dothan City School (DCS) system is collaborating with ThriveWay, a program that works to promote the importance of mental health for students, to implement a Peer Helper program at each school.

The enthusiasm for and success of the Peer Helper Program at Sturgis Brown High School has not diminished in the four years since its inception. Kids helping kids problem solve is still the mantra.

In one of those strange turn of events that illustrates the concept of irony, Aragon High School's peer helping program, originally established to assist students with their everyday problems, now ...

Recently, the issue of mental health among students has taken on a new sense of urgency. Especially in current circumstances, many schools have been making conscious efforts to help kids cope with the ...