Peer Mentorship Club Essay
A new, colorful piece of art has been installed at Berkley High School and it fits so perfectly in its place, it seems it was always meant to be there.
On a recent winter evening, over 30 students from the school’s Peer Mentorship Club gathered at Cana Lutheran Church to work as team to create the mural that now hangs in the Berkley High Library Media Center.
The Peer Mentorship Club brings general education students and students with special needs together in a relaxed social atmosphere both on and off campus. Although its considered an extra-curricular activity, the program effortlessly demonstrates the roles everyone plays, no matter what your personal status is.
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“I took their list and came up with it symbolically,” he said.
Activities like the mural painting, which occur outside of the school building, are being facilitated with the help of a local nonprofit organization known as MICommunity. Since the fall of 2016, the group has provided support for taking students to a cider mill, and to a performance of “The Lion King” at the Detroit Opera House.
“We are teaming up with the school to provide a bridge so the kids are not home alone on a Friday night. It’s more inclusion and friendships rather than one helping the other,” said Mary Blazevich, founder of MICommunity. “The art project has provided the kids with special needs an opportunity to have a positive art experience with their peers.”
Wendy Klunk is a 14-year-old freshman at Berkley High who has been a peer mentor since her elementary school days. The young tutor has learned to recognize the value of simply offering a friendship to someone who may find that type of bond extremely difficult to
On a recent winter evening, over 30 students from the school’s Peer Mentorship Club gathered at Cana Lutheran Church to work as team to create the mural that now hangs in the Berkley High Library Media Center.
The Peer Mentorship Club brings general education students and students with special needs together in a relaxed social atmosphere both on and off campus. Although its considered an extra-curricular activity, the program effortlessly demonstrates the roles everyone plays, no matter what your personal status is.
“It teaches a lot about compassion, empathy, kindness, and diversity in the …show more content…
“I took their list and came up with it symbolically,” he said.
Activities like the mural painting, which occur outside of the school building, are being facilitated with the help of a local nonprofit organization known as MICommunity. Since the fall of 2016, the group has provided support for taking students to a cider mill, and to a performance of “The Lion King” at the Detroit Opera House.
“We are teaming up with the school to provide a bridge so the kids are not home alone on a Friday night. It’s more inclusion and friendships rather than one helping the other,” said Mary Blazevich, founder of MICommunity. “The art project has provided the kids with special needs an opportunity to have a positive art experience with their peers.”
Wendy Klunk is a 14-year-old freshman at Berkley High who has been a peer mentor since her elementary school days. The young tutor has learned to recognize the value of simply offering a friendship to someone who may find that type of bond extremely difficult to