The nonprofit Ku´ikahi Mediation Center announced receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Cooke Foundation, Ltd., that will support the Center’s Peer Mediation Elementary School Pilot Project. The Pilot Project develops peacemakers in East Hawai´i schools by teaching conflict resolution and prevention skills to students. During the 2015-16 school year to date, over 100 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders have been trained as peer mediators at Hawaii´i Academy of Arts & Sciences, Kea´au, Kapiolani, Keonepoko, Laupahoehoe, and Mountain View elementary schools.
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