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| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
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Crestview Students Help Keep Peace . . .
By Trishb1 @ 12:00 AM :: 586 Views ::
1 Comments ::  :: General News About Play
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Jan 12, 2006: Des Moines Register
When trouble brews on the Crestview Elementary School playground, student conflict managers are on hand to assist their peers with problem-solving techniques.
A group of 39 fourth- through sixth-grade students take turns helping lower-elementary students during afternoon recess. Sixth-grader Joe Bott, 11, of Clive has been a manager for three years at the school, 8355 Franklin Ave. in Clive. He said many of the conflicts he sees between students are verbal. Read More |
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DHammond @
Monday, May 01, 2006 8:11 AM
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This sounds like a fantastic and innovative program – I’m very impressed! Conflict resolution is an extremely important life skill and it’s great that these kids are learning to healthy ways to work out their problems at an early age. We hear a lot of negativity from the media regarding today’s youth, so it’s great to read a positive story like this one.
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