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The
P.E.P. Program is designed to develop the leadership and facilitation
skills of older high school students while teaching them to provide
outreach to their younger peers on topics such as, building
relationships, fostering collaboration, increasing self-confidence,
developing problem-solving skills, and acquiring healthy
decision-making strategies. The program is seeking to achieve the
following goals:
Young people are constantly faced with
pressures to use alcohol and other drugs.·
◊ Create a sense of
belonging among incoming freshman
◊ Teach students
problem-solving, decision-making and interpersonal relationship skills
◊ Increase
students’ ability to balance their academic and social
responsibilities while establishing positive goals
◊ Teach students
how to confront prejudice and support a more inclusive atmosphere
◊ Help
students to avoid a negative peer culture which promotes self-damaging
behavior, such as, substance abuse
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