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Charles Ellis students trained as peer mediators to resolve conflicts
Summary
Students at Charles Ellis Montessori Academy receive 12 hours of training from the Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire to serve as peer mediators, using nonpunitive mediation contracts and teacher referrals to address conflicts at school and beyond.
Students at Charles Ellis Montessori Academy have been trained to serve as peer mediators, a program school officials say helps peers resolve conflicts without referring them to administrators.
Eleonora Smith, a peer mediator at Charles Ellis, said the role gives students a chance to settle disputes with classmates. “I really was glad I didn't have to, like, go to the principal or vice principal with that and, like, I could just, like, solve it on…
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