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Crooked Billet students lead peer-buddy and recess conflict-resolution programs, principals tell Hatboro-Horsham board
Summary
At the April 28 Hatboro-Horsham School Board meeting, Crooked Billet Elementary School presented student-led peer buddy and recess conflict-resolution programs. Administrators and student participants described the programs' goals, participation levels and reported benefits for younger and older students.
Administrators and students from Crooked Billet Elementary School described two student-leadership programs'a peer-buddy literacy/math support program and a recess conflict-resolution program'during the Hatboro-Horsham School District board meeting on April 28.
Kelly Sendle, principal of Crooked Billet Elementary School, said the programs were developed to promote student leadership, increase belonging and provide academic and social supports to younger students. "We brainstormed ways to promote student leadership, increase student sense of belonging, and assist our younger students both academically and socially," Sendle said.
Mary Ellen Caricelli, one of the peer-buddy advisors, said more than 50 fourth- and fifth-graders volunteered this year; 30 were…
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