CB East students promoting positive messages to end bullying

Student leaders from Central Bucks East High School’s Interact Club have collaborated with Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) to create positive change in Central Bucks School District’s after-school program. Under the guidance of NOVA educators, Central Bucks East High School students are coached and trained to deliver NOVA’s Encourage program to elementary students.

Research suggests that peer education draws on the credibility that young people have with their peers, leverages the power of role modeling, and supports the needs of today’s youth. This is the third year Central Bucks High School students are presenting Encourage, an interactive bully prevention program that promotes and supports inclusion, empathy, and teamwork.

All participants benefit. This program reduces bullying by generating change in attitudes and behaviors and also provides peer educators an opportunity for leadership training and public speaking.

This year, Encourage was presented in the after school programs at Buckingham Elementary, Gayman Elementary, Linden Elementary, Pine Run Elementary and Warwick Elementary.

Shown in photo: Central Bucks East High School students Josh Clifford, Tara Masterson, Nicole Lefkowitz, Cara Loscalzo and Sophia Pogorzelski.