Student Peer Mediation Offers Outlets for Amicable Conflict Resolution, Communication 

By Tina Jenkins Bell  BAPA School Liaison  Last year, St. Barnabas School started a peer mediation program to help students develop conflict resolution, communication, and leadership skills that may have fallen dormant during the pandemic years of isolation, online learning, and COVID 19 anxiety.   “We lost a lot of social and communication skills during the […]

Student Works Stress ‘Save the Earth’ 

  Congratulations to the young artists whose submissions to BAPA’s Earth Day art contest will be made into posters and displayed at neighborhood businesses. Artists are Mary Herber, St. Barnabas School, 3rd grade; Maggie Berry, St. John Fisher School, 3rd grade; Mateo Rivera, Keller School, 1st grade; and Matilda Mulder, Poe Classical School, 3rd grade.  Students were asked to create original […]