United States
California
Who:
Buena Park High School (PALS program)
Where: Buena Park , California, United States
Peer Assistance Leadership (PALS)
The PALS peer helping program model has evolved over two decades. PALS are dedicated to provide students who have the desire to make a positive difference in their schools, community, and their own life. PALS aims to enhancing the social development of positive peer relationships, and giving youth the opportunity to help. The role of a PAL is to facilitate more informed, responsible, and constructive decision-making on the part of peer students. Youth that are selected, undergo a panel interview by other PAL students. Additionally, PALS are involved in Challenge Day/ Be the Change Movement, which was presented at Buena Park High School in 2006. Students were asked to notice and discuss the issues they face as a high school student. Students have to demonstrate dedication and a willingness to offer emotional, social, and academic support for their peers. Characteristics of a PAL helper include caring, acceptance, genuineness, understanding, and trustworthiness.
About Buena Park
As a comprehensive high school, Buena Park offers a wide range of subjects and programs to meet students' varying needs and interests. All students take the core curriculum to meet graduation requirements and to prepare them for the challenges of life beyond high school, be it college or the work world. Special programs exist for students with identified special needs (Speci
al Education, Title I, English Language Development, Emergency Immigrant Education Program. Buena Park High School offers a variety of extra-curricular activities for the student body.
Student involvement from a broad base of ethnic groups in athletics, student government, and clubs continues to be a school focus. The staff at Buena Park High School is dedicated to fostering the intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth of all students. All departments are committed to an awareness of the various learning styles of students. The community at Buena Park High School interacts on a regular basis with programs such as theater production, Buena Park Police Department's resource officers, and college and university networking and tutorial groups. Programs such as AVID work diligently with Title I and under-represented minorities to encourage and prepare them for admission to four-year institutes of higher learning. With the success of the AVID program, BPHS has recently been named as a demonstration school.
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