Peer Support Program
Term 4 saw BHHS Peer Support Leaders re-establish relationships with Year 7 students after a disruptive time away from school. Peer Support Leaders ran a session that helped Year 7s navigate difficulties associated with social labelling as well creating challenges to test their problem solving abilities.
Thank you to the 2020 Peer Support Leaders for their resilient approach to the program and effort in welcoming Year 7’s to the BHHS community.
Looking ahead, another successful Peer Support Program is underway at Box Hill High School for 2021. 36 of our Year 9 students have been selected to help with the transition of junior students into the BHHS community. These students have been involved in a one day Peer Support Australia Training Course delivered by BHHS staff and a group previous Year 10 Peer Support Leaders.
Congratulations to the following students who will be Peer Support Leaders in 2021:
| Yonal Abeykoon | Anouk Harpur | Toni Piperkos |
| Tashi Alles | Sry Kota | Jessica Pratt |
| Abdullah Ayaz | Audrey Lau | Ashanya Ramlukan |
| Olivia Barker | Vivienne Le | Alyssa Rodopoulos |
| Isabella Bowring-Read | Braedan Lee | Allanie Sanderson |
| Riley Brennan | Byron Martin | Saina Sayadi |
| Jiarui Chu | Samuel Montgomery | Abhinav Sijy |
| Lachie Collings | Brannon Ng | Julia Tran |
| Enoch Curyer | Lucy Noonan | Ariel Weffer Perez |
| Amy Gao | Chloe Ong | Ashley Wen |
| Dhruv Gautam | Zoe Pandey | Michelle Woang |
| Tristan Goldburg | Bernice Peh | William Wu |
| Ryan Xia | Grace Ye | Ashley Yong |
| Mary Zhong |
Peer Support Leaders have been up up-skilled in their ability to run small games and think creatively about engaging with younger students. 2021 Peer Support Leaders also assisted incoming Year 7 students with their transition to secondary school at Orientation Day on Tuesday 8th December. So far, our leaders have run get-to-know-you games and activities and guided incoming students with their first full school day on campus.
Peer Support sessions will continue throughout the first two terms of 2021. The Peer Support team look forward to welcoming and supporting the newest member of the BHHS community.
- Paul Rogers
Peer Support Coordinator