Fairhope Middle School
Peer Helper Program Scrapbook for 2012-2014
6th Grade Transition Assembly and Tour
on April 2, 2014
8th Grade Peer Helpers for 2013-2014
Over 350 6th grade students from FIS and J.
Larry Newton attended the Transition
Assembly and Tour. The FMS Peer Helper
video was shown and Peer Helpers conducted
tours for the upcoming 7th graders.
8th Grade Peer Helpers for 2013-2014: Braden
Manuel, Gibbs Sherrell, Jordan McCollum, Henry
Lueke, Jonah Medeiros, Arthur Howard, Mackenzie
Early, Savannah Ryan, Maddie Teufel, Taylor Roberts,
Lindsay Keating, Katelyn Finch, Anna Claire Noblitt,
Mary Harris, Caroline Gamard, Cairo Plauche`,and
Angel Allen
Choose Kindness Week, February 3-7, 2014
Registration August 2013
The FMS Peer Helper Program sponsored a
school wide Choose Kindness Week in an
effort to promote kindness and encourage
students to pass it on! Special morning
announcements, homeroom activities about
choosing kindness, signing of the choose
kindness banner, a random act of kindness for
8th Grade Peer Helpers helped with both 7th and 8th
grade registrations on August 14-15, 2013. They
conducted tours for students and parents and helped
distribute registration information.
FMS parents, as well as a flash mob
performance of the song, "One Day", were the
New Student Donut Breakfast 2013
Peer Helper Anti-Bullying Assembly for 7th Grade
Over 50 new students (not from FIS or
Newton School) attended the New Student
Breakfast sponsored by the Peer Helper
Program on August 28, 2013.
On September 3, 2013, FMS Peer Helpers conducted
an Anti-Bullying Assembly for the 7th Grade. The
DVD, "Invisible Weapons" was shown with Peer
Helpers pointing out what to do if you are being
bullied. Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Bowling addressed the
BCBOE Anti-Harassment Policy, the FMS Report a
Bully Service, and how to handle gossip in middle
school. The assembly concluded with the 7th grade
students signing the FMS Anti-Bullying Contract.
Middle School Peer Helper Training 2013
8th Grade FMS Peer Helper, Cairo Plauche',
Interviewed on Local NBC 15
2013 Middle School Peer Helper Training at
Trojan Hall with DMS, SPFMS, and BMMS
on September 12, 2013.
Fairhope Middle School Peer Helpers joined Daphne
Middle School, Spanish Fort Middle School, and Bay
Minette Middle School for a day of training at Trojan
Hall in Daphne on September 12th. Julie Champion,
Baldwin County's Peer Helper Trainer, and her Peer
Helpers from Foley High School led the training which
focused on anti-bullying, skills needed to be an
effective Peer Helper, and team building activities.
Peer Helpers at the other middle schools in Baldwin
County including Foley Middle, Gulf Shores Middle,
Summerdale School, Elberta Middle School, and
Central Baldwin Middle School were trained on the
same day in Orange Beach by Amy McKenzie, GSHS
Peer Helper Coordinator, and her GSHS Peer Helpers.
Over 200 middle school Peer Helpers were able to
participate in this one day training event sponsored by
the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation. Click on the
link below to see Cairo's interview:
http://local15tv.com/shared/news/features/topstories/stories/wpmi_peer-helper-program-helpsstudents-3610.shtml
FMS Peer Helpers Help Train FIS and
Newton School Peer Helpers
8th Grade FMS Peer Helpers, Gibbs Sherrell
and Katelyn Finch, are two of the eight Peer
Helpers who assisted with the Peer Helper
training of Fairhope Intermediate and J. Larry
Newton Peer Helpers at Delta Five Rivers on
October 10, 2013. They were asked to help by
Counselors, Ms. McCarthy and Ms.
Cleveland.
Peer Helper Anti-Bullying Skits
FMS Peer Helpers presented an Anti-Bullying skit to
7th grade homerooms during Bullying Prevention
Education Week, November 18-22, 2013
FMS and FHS Peer Helper Pizza
Luncheon- Red Ribbon Week 2013
Peer Helper Christmas Game Day During Breaks
2013
During Red Ribbon Week on Monday,
October 21, 2013, the FHS Peer Helpers
visited the 8th grade World History classes to
discuss the transition to high school and peer
pressure/drug prevention strategies. They
were invited to a pizza luncheon with our
FMS Peer Helpers.
New students and anyone interested in having fun and
meeting new friends were invited to the Peer Helper
sponsored Game Day during 7th and 8th grade breaks
in the library. Students played board games, Wii, and
some won door prizes during this event on December
11, 2013.
Project Wisdom Morning Announcements
by Peer Helpers
Peer Helpers Welcome New Students
Peer Helpers are assigned to read Project
Wisdom announcements each day. Project
Wisdom is a character education program that
emphasizes a thought for the day which
always ends with "Make it a great day or not,
the choice is yours." Pictured is 7th grade Peer
Helper, Cole Leonard.
An important part of the Peer Helper Program is the
support Peer Helpers give to new students. When a
new student enrolls, every effort is made to place the
new student in at least one class with a Peer Helper.
The Peer Helpers tour the new students and introduce
them to other students, including them at break and
other times. Making new students feel welcomed and
accepted is key to the success of the Peer Helper
Program.
Peer Helper Tutoring Program 2013/2014
FMS Peer Helpers for 2012-2013
8th grade Peer Helpers who volunteer provide
math tutoring to selected 7th graders during
homeroom. Pictured is Katelyn Finch, 8th
grade Peer Helper.
8th Grade: Abbie Beitler, Bailey Epperson, Katherine
Hodge, Helena Johnson, Lydia Norman, Savannah
Petrus, Kaylin Sanders, Lane Stark, Patrick Bauer,
Dalton Bellamy, Sawyer Connick, Jack Flowers, 7th
Grade: Mackenzie Early, Braden Manuel, Gibbs
Sherrel
FMS Peer Helper Training 2012
FMS and FHS Peer Helper Luncheon-Red Ribbon
Week 2012
FMS Peer Helpers were trained in Loxley
with all middle school Peer Helpers in August
2012. The training was conducted by Mrs.
Julie Champion, Baldwin County Peer Helper
Coordinator.
FMS Peer Helpers hosted a pizza luncheon for FHS
Peer Helpers during Red Ribbon Week 2012.
JCM Annual Peer Helper Coordinator's
Dinner 2013
Peer Helpers Participate in the 2013 Lighthouse
"Eggstravaganza"
At the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation’s
annual Peer Helper Coordinator Dinner, four
of Fairhope Middle School’s Peer Helpers
presented an overview of the Fairhope Middle
School’s Peer Helper Program. Information
included anti-bullying efforts, participation in
a fundraiser for the Lighthouse Easter Egg
Hunt and the Red Ribbon Pennies for Puppies
Campaign, mentoring new students, and the
Project Wisdom character education program.
In attendance at the event were Frances HolkJones and the Board of the Jennifer Claire
Moore Foundation, Principals and Baldwin
County Peer Helper Coordinators, as well as
Dr. Alan Lee, Baldwin County’s
Superintendent. Pictured are FMS Peer
Helpers: Mackenzie Early, Helena Johnson,
Sawyer Connick, and Jack Flowers.
Peer Helpers brought in plastic eggs and collected
money in homerooms for candy for the eggs. These
candy filled eggs were donated to the Lighthouse
domestic violence shelter for their annual
"Eggstravaganza", an Easter egg hunt for children who
reside at the shelter with their families.
FMS Receives NAPPP CertificationNovember 2012
The Fairhope Middle School Peer Helper
Program was certified by the National
Association of Peer Program Professionals in
November of 2012.