Student 2 Student Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Program
Statistics show that some of the largest mental health concerns occur while at school and in youth who don't have a healthy support network. As a result, youth members of Student 2 Student created a mentorship program which will begin April 2008. This has been entirely a youth-driven project. Youth struggling in school or who have recently transferred in and who are referred to a counselor are partnered with a current member of the Student 2 Student group to serve as their mentors. These mentors are trained on all of the resources available in their school as well as on school procedures and policies which they pass along to their mentees while also providing social support.