In May 2015 six WHMC-trained peer mediators joined 18 other West Hawai’i youth at the Hokupa’a Youth Forum. The event brings together stakeholders from all over the state to discuss how to best help youth reach their full potential. Participating students are nominated by their schools and it was great that such a high percentage of them were peer mediators.
The 16th Annual Waimea Healthy Keiki Fest was great! Hundreds of keiki showed up at Parker Ranch Center to partake in activities geared toward health, fitness, safety and the environment.
Gina Tumasone and Chelsea LaFrance from WHMC along with Katie Woods and Melony Tavares, not pictured, attended Waimea Healthy Keiki Fest on April 18.
Keiki worked as teams as well as individually to put together our giant puzzle!
To view the article in the March 2015 issue of Kohala Mountain News, click here.
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Some people seek to avoid or withdraw from conflict, taking a more passive approach, while others confront conflict head on, sometimes with verbal or physical aggression. Students in North Kohala are learning to address conflict in a proactive, positive way through peer mediation. Peer mediation is both a program and a process where two or more students involved in a dispute (disputants) meet in a private, safe, and confidential setting to work out problems with the assistance of two trained student mediators. West Hawaii Mediation Center, located in Waimea, is the organization that provides the training and support to get these programs up and running in West and North Hawaii schools. All three Kohala schools offer peer mediation to their students.
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