Homewood, Alabama - Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School has selected the 2015-2016 eighth grade student Peer Helpers for the school year. Students were chosen based on their grade point average, ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Ozark City Schools has a mission to continue helping students beyond education. Including mental health, bullying, and other issues a student may face. A new program is now ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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.

MADISON — Outside a window that recently saw four-foot banks of snow, roughly three dozen students bent over desks in Polson Middle School’s “Old Gym,” penning letters of thanks to 150 of their ...

Timothy Mitcham of Greenbrier High School was the top vote-getter in a competitive Student of the Week poll that had nine nominees. The category was students who help other students in ways like peer ...