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                                                      The MLK - PEER RESOURCES NEWSLETTER
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Peer Resource History

   Peer Resource Started at Galileo High School. In 1979, It almost grew in every High School in San Fransisco. Peer Resource  provides several programs where students help students. The Peer Resource Center in MLK is the Newest Peer Resource Program in SF. Checkout San Fransisco The Peer Resource Main page at Peerresources.org.

Mr. Greg Brown is the Peer Resource/ Coordinator teacher. He is the Newest Teacher at MLK, Who came to MLK in Fall 2008 to lead the Peer Resource program.

March Madness (Baskestball) at MLK

   Jhun, a student at city college, will be organizing a 3 on 3 basketball league during lunch in the lower yard on Wednesdays & Fridays. We will have a final 4 playoff in March. The 4 most winning teams will compete in semi finals & finals for 1st place. Winning team will receive a prize!! Ask the Peer Resources team for more information in room 101.

Jhun Paningbatan, The PRC Intern

   Jhun is a student at city college. He was a peer resource student at Balboa High School. He will be here to learn how to teach Peer Resources, & assist Mr. Greg. Jhun will be coming every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday at 3rd period. Also he will be doing the Peer Resource Basketball league on Wednesday & Friday.

Conflict Resolution Team - Peer Conflict Mediation Services

The premeire prgram of Peer Resources  is Peer Conflcit Mediation. This is a process where stdents are trained to be conflict mediators for fellow students.  The mediators are trained in a three step conciliation process which was developed by Community Boards of San Francisco, and was introduced  into the Public Schools in the early days of the Peer Resource Program.  Conflict Mediation has proven to be one the most effective and succesful Peer Resource programs. At MLK we currenlty have fifteen trained mediators who are active members of the CONFLCIT RESOLUTION TEAM.


THE CONFLCIT MEDIATION PROCESS:
1)Introduction:
 In The Process of the Conflict Mediation, our Team will explain the rules to the disputants.

2)Define the Problem:
 The Conflict Mediation Team figures out what is going on that makes the conflict happen.
 They have each disputant take turns telling what happened.
 They use active listening skills so the disputants know they are  being heard.
 
3)Resolution:
  The C.R.T. helps the disputants make a peace agreement
  They summarize the disputant's concerns you have heard from both sides
  The C.R.T asks each disputant what they want from the other.
  The C.R.T find out and tell the disputant what they have in common.
  They then develope a formal agreement

20 Angry Outburst Alternatives

The following ideas were created to provide you with ways to express anger and cooldown that are not directed toward people or harmful to yourself of other.

1. Do jumping Jacks

2. Give yourself a hug

3. Take a Brisk walk outside

4. Count to 10 in a loud voice

5. Shake your whole body, start with your feet and work up to your head

6. Turn on music and dance. In other words GET FUNKY

7. Wash a sinkful of dishes with lots of bubbles
8. rip up old newspapers, Magazines, Phonebooks, rags or sheets and go on a cleaning spree and throw them out
9.Throw snowballs at a tree. (This is not possible for San Francisco-ians because it never snows.)

10. Throw marshmallows into the sink and yell as you throw them.(Instead I suggest EATTING THE MARSHMELLOW.)

11.Blow into a paper bag and pop it.

12. Punch a pillow, beanbag chair or punching bag.(PILLOW FIGHT ANYONE?)
13. Kink into pillows that are propped against a wall. (If don't know what kink means and your too lazy to get a dictionary, I suggest you KICK the pillow instead.)

14.Throw rocks in a river, lake or a pond. If your really angry throw at something hard and picture it as somebody you are mad at.

15. Go outside and shoot baskets. For People who feels like killing i recommened HIT A BASEBALL or KICKING A SOCCER BALL with a face taped on it.(please I'm not saying a REAL FACE. If you have a picture that will do.)
16. Squeeze and pound Playdough
17. Play the piano or other avakuable musical instrument.

18. Don't get down on yourself.If you're having a bad day, look  in a mirror and tell your reflection good things like "You are smart, Handsome/beautiful. Try to keep your confidence up. Never let anyone bring you down.
19.Pull weeds in the garden. If your good at it you could get paid to pull weeds off of other peoples' gardens.

20. Go to a neighboorhood park.

Peer Educators Study Skills Manual
Daniel Luong, Simon Wu, Steven Yu, have prepared a study skills manuual, which has been posted on the next page of our Newsletter. 

Click on STUDY SKILLS MANUAL on the top of this page to get there!!!!!


To see our teacher Mr. Greg's page scroll down.
This page was edited by Alan Shia.
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Mr. Greg's Page

love it!   plan it!   do it!   change it!
Notes from Greg Brown - PEER RESOURCE COORDINATOR
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School
San Francisco, California.


email message to MLK staff - 6/9/09
Upate on the Peer Resource Center programs at MLK - March 9, 2009:
 
Although we got off to a slow start - PERR RESOURCE PROGRAMS are now up an running at MLK. We are offering several services to students, by students!!!!
 
 
 
The Conflict Resolution Team has completed basic training in the Peer Resources Class (PRC), and is NOW AVAILABLE to manage disputes between students.
 
THREE PEER LED conflict mediations occured in the week of March 2 - 6.
 
Andre Hilton, and Dajania Tillery both participated in their FIRST peer mediated conflict resoution intervention last week. They were GREAT - and were actually complimented by the student disputants who they helped!!!!!!!!!!
 
Karche Lindsey, who is a previously trained peer mediator from Everet MS and is our most expereicned and seasoned Peer Mediator also particpated in resolving student conflicts last week. I appreciate her experience and what she offers as a leader for other new peer conflict managers.
 
If you are aware of a conflcit between students that you wish to refer for PEER CONFLICT RESOLUTION  help - please notify Greg Brown, at gregorypaul33@hotmail.com - his mail box in the main office - or come by ROOM 101.
 
We now have ON CALL peer conflict mangers standing by at lunch to mediate yard conflicts. Lunchtime yard supervisors can bring conflicted students right in to room 101.
 
 
 
 
PEER EDUCATORS - students helping students learn;
 
"lol-101; lOTS OF LEARNING IN ROOM 101"
 
1) Our Peer Educators have developed a presentation on personal and emotional safety, and setting personal boundries. We are hoping to present this presentation to at least TEN  third period classrooms in the month of March.
 
This presentation on maintaining personal safety and boundries was developed by the PRC - Peer Educators and Conflcit Mediators in response to some of the bullying interactions and incidents that have occured at school between students at MLK recently. It was presented by MLK PRC students as a wrokshop at the YOUTH ARE RESOURCES conference on Feb. 20, and was well recieved by an audience of middle school students and Peer Resource Teachers.
 
Please consider allowing our Peer Educators to come into your third period class for one period to present to your students. Reserve your time with Greg Brown.
 
The presentation will be presented to Student Council on Wed. March 11.
 
2) HOMEWORK HELP - PEER EDUCATORS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN room 101 AFTER SCHOOL UNTIL 4:30 - daily - REPORTS CARDS ARE ARRIVING HOME - please refer your students whom you beleive will bennefit from individual homework help from a capable peer role model.
 
3) NEWSLETTER - We now have an on line newsletter, edited by Peer Educator Alan Shia.
visit www.mlkams.org and click on PEER RESOURCES on the menu on the left side of the page.
 
4) PEER EDUCATORS' STUDY TIPS - Developed by Peer Educators; Daniel Luong, Steven Yu and Simon Wu - this is a page on our newsletter. Log into the www.mlkams.org site, click on peer resources , then click on Peer Educators Study Tips Manual on the upper banner.
This is a work in progress and will be developed over the semester.
PLEASE PROMOTE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR STUDENTS - STUDY TIPS WRITTEN BY AND FOR MIIDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. (based on real real research)
 
 
PEER MENTORS
Our next project that we will phase in at the PRC will be a BUDDY PROGRAM.
You'll be hearing more about this in later updates.
 
 
Thanks to Cami, Gloria, and the MLK staff for your copntinued support of the PRC at MLK.
 
Greg Brown,
Peer Resources Coordinator - Teacher
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School
 

This page was edited by Alan Shia