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Steele PALS 08-09
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Red Ribbon Week - Nerds Against Drugs!
PALS Fall Training
Butcher Paper Fashion Show
Carpool Contest
PALS will be recycling cell phones, ink & toner cartridges this year. If you have any old cell phones at home that you don't know what to do with, please donate them to PALS. You may drop them off in the front office or in Mrs. Mitchell's room, F106.
Peer Assistance and Leadership
1. peer \ 'pier \ n one's equal
2. assistance \ as- sis - tance \ n giving aid; helping
3. leadership \ lead - er - ship \ n the ability to guide, lead or conduct
The PALS at Steele High School are very excited about building a new program. The PALS mentor and tutor students from Green Valley Elementary, Watts Elementary, Wiederstein Elementary, Jordan Intermediate and Dobie Junior High. Students from Steele visit each campus once a week. Steele PALS engage in reading, coloring and playing games as well as helping these younger students with their homework.
History of PALS: PALS, Peer Assistance and Leadership, began in 1980 as a "peer helping" program, combining "peer assistance" and "peer leadership" strategies originally developed in the late 1970's. Over the last fifteen years, PALS has evolved from an informal, extra-curricular activity in a single school district, into a formally structured, curriculum-based program, adopted by the Texas Education Agency as an accredited elective course. Because of its reputation for effectiveness and efficiency, over 500 school districts throughout Texas have requested services from PALS and there are now PALS programs in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Alabama, California, and New York.
Philosophy of PALS: The PAL philosophy is to recognize the potential of youth as a resource and catalyst for change in other troubled youth. They provide a critical first line of defense in building resiliency among peers. When participating in positive, productive pursuits with peers, youth can more easily resist negative influences, such as illegal use of addictive substances, excessive school absences and unlawful activities.
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