Fifteen Emerson J. Dillon Middle School students recently participated in peer mediation training with New York State Unified Court System Certified Mediation Skills Trainer John W. McCullough. McCullough serves as executive director of New Justice Conflict Resolution Services Inc., Syracuse. Students were trained to make a difference by helping students that are in disagreements and guiding them in the resolution process.
The following students were selected by their teachers because they exhibited the personal qualities necessary to be a peacekeeper within the middle school: 5th graders: Grayson Brady, Mallory Hess, Alexis Izyk-Treece, and Logan Petrie; 6th graders: Sarah Ashby, Virginia Bednarski, Mathew Bernard, and Jeffrey Horner; 7th graders: Isabella Allen, Shayna Applebee (missing from photo), Jock Li, and Lily Roberts; and 8th graders: Dominick DeMong, Brigid Lawless, Madison Pelton, and Teresa Uhl. Peer mediators are advised by Raina Hinman.
