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Students launch Avidum Club at Northern Lebanon to foster peer support; social worker leads initial activities
Summary
The district introduced an Avidum Club this year, led by social worker Cara Rhodes, to promote kindness and peer support. Students created positive-message paper hands during a recent lunch activity and leaders aim to expand membership and eventually extend the program to elementary grades.
At the March 4 committee meeting, administrators described the Avidum Club, a new student-led group started this year at the secondary level to build a culture of kindness and peer support. The club was organized this year by social worker Cara Rhodes and held its first lunch activity in which students decorated paper hands with positive messages and posted them around school.
Administrators said Avidum arose locally as a student-driven response to bullying and was originally formed around a suicide at a nearby school community; in Northern Lebanon the club is an offshoot of SLAM programming and is intended to be student-led with an adult advisor. Leaders said they are building membership and exploring ideas for expansion next year, including possible activities at the elementary schools to create earlier engagement.
The district noted social-work appreciation this week and credited Cara Rhodes with spearheading the club. No formal board action was recorded; administrators asked board members and community members to attend upcoming student events and the school play to see club activities and facility improvements.
