Peer Support

Thank you to the 2022 Peer Support Leaders for their resilient approach to the program and effort in welcoming Year 7’s to the BHHS community. BHHS Peer Support Leaders ran sessions throughout this year that helped Year 7s navigate difficulties associated with social labelling and create challenges to test their problem-solving abilities.

Looking ahead, another successful Peer Support Program is underway at Box Hill High School for 2023. 57 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 two days Peer Support Australia Training Course delivered by BHHS Wellbeing Team and 15 current year 10 peer support mentors. 

We would also like to shout out to 15 of our 2022 Peer Support Leaders who helped with our 2023 Peer Support training. They played a significant role in our school community and showcased their growth by participating in our training days as mentors. They are: 

Sam McBride	Zahra Blake	Patrick Wu	Issy Simons	Irin Sa
Ambrose Strentz	Sabrina Lee	Arabella Gosden	Liv Picking	Irene Philip
Asha Van De Graaf	Nelini Gunatillake	Winston Li	Khansa Javeria Kazi	Kailan Stork-Finlay

Congratulations to the following students who are selected as Peer Support Leaders in 2023: 

Lia Honarvar	Claire McKinlay	Ajuni Kaur	Elsie Gloufchev	Keira P-J
Dharm Patel	Oak Eason	Tara Fox	Elva Assisan	Wills Lin
Santa Maria Titus	Emily Jang	William Martin	Moiz Abdul	Savio Le
Harper Lam	Jerry Huang	Keira Ko	Klara Loie	Lihan Guo
Taj O'Donnell	Maddie Gill	Katrina Cheng	Liam Tran	Nakira Routley
Muneeb Shehnshah	Ruhan Singh	Ruby Njoroge	Ava Barker	Nicole Abbasi
Anendiya Harikumar	Opal Dettman	Emily Ford	Ryansh Singh	Anaya Reddy
Amelia Edwards	Amiya Cameron	Max O'Connor	Ali Abolhassani	Tiana Gouldson
Eliza Phelan	Ava Walsh	Sam Major	Lachlan Wyver	Taj Fox
Scarlett Thompson	Georgia Gavriel	Marcus Spaul	Riley Berzins	Jia Patel
Michael Bradbeer	Simon Merry	Madeline Gouldson	Jemima Fulton	Ryan Tee
Lily Hewett	Gaho Liao

Peer Support Leaders have been up skilled in their ability to run small games and think creatively about engaging with younger students. 2023 Peer Support Leaders also assisted incoming Year 7 students with their transition to secondary school on Transition evening and Orientation Day in Term 4 2022. 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 school year of 2023. The Peer Support team look forward to welcoming and supporting the newest member of the BHHS community. 

Lastly, the BHHS Peer Support team would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr Nic Rees, who dedicated his time and effort to the year 9 cohort for the past few years as their coordinator. We wish Mr Rees all the best with his new addition to his family in 2023.

By Bowen Guan – Peer Support Coordinator