LEADERSHIP & PEER HELPING IN ONTARIO

ONTARIO PEER HELPERS’ ASSOCIATION

NEWSLETTER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPHA NEWS!

 

 

Once again we are looking forward to running an exciting  secondary student leadership & peer helping  conference. Student facilitators from Bowmanville, Bear Creek,  Banting & Campbellford high schools will help run the conference. The conference would be a great opportunity for grade 9’s & 10’s  to continue to develop leadership skills. This would also bridge the gap between elementary & secondary leadership programs.

Some schools use this conference to further develop skills for their leadership students & may even bring their leadership class. The theme of this year’s conference is to explore  and develop leadership skills  through drumming.

A copy of the registration form is on page 4 of the newsletter. You will also receive a copy of the student brochure which you can send out with your students. Other information will be sent out following your registration.

IMPORTANT OPHA DATES

Drumming Up Leadership

Thirtieth Ontario Secondary Leadership & Peer Support Conference

April 25, 26, 27th 2012

SPECIAL  PRESENTATION  BY  DOUG SOLE, ONE OF NORTH AMERICA’S  LEADING CORPORATE DRUM CIRCLE

FACILITATORS & TRAINERS

Our special guests are Doug Sole & Altaf Bwana Moto of Soul Drums (www.souldrums.com) Doug is a major force in the north American drum community & has worked in schools, and with corporations etc. Conference participants will find this session an exciting & enjoyable experience.

Other conference workshops and activities will continue the development of  leadership skills through drumming. Hand drumming, then, is an effective way to start learning about leadership and to begin to see the world and ourselves creatively, in terms of possibilities. Leadership is the ability to communicate a vision and mobilize the resources to make the vision manifest.. “ From an article by Edward E Mikenas www.irietones.com/drumtherapy-article_12.htm

The fundraising project for this conference will be for the God’s Littlest Angels Orphanage in Haiti. We will receive first hand information from Joan Macklin who is going to work in this orphanage for 2 weeks in February.

Participants stay at the Ontario Educational Leadership Centre on Lake Couchiching near Orillia. Students sleep in heated cabins of approximately 12 students ( 2 from each school). Registration fees cover accommodation, meals & materials.

 

Other conference Highlights

Relaxation workshop

Games & Crafts

1 year’s  free OPHA membership  for advisors

Fun Activities

Secret Friend Activities

School Planning Time

 

Conference Organizers:

Co-ordinator : Joan Macklin

Kathy Belcourt: Banting Memorial H.S

Ryan Hawes: Bear Creek S.S.

Julie Dowling: Bowmanville H.S

Registrar: Maureen Weekes

OPHA : Sandy Philp, Philip Palmer, Joan Macklin, D’Arcy Lichti

 

 

ONTARIO PEER HELPERS' ASSOCIATION

 357 Major Street, Cobourg, Ont.  K9A 4C8 

Phone: 905-372-7275  Fax: 905-372-9332

         (Affiliated with the Ontario School Counsellor’s Association)

                      email: peerhelping@hotmail.com 

www.peerhelping.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information is listed on our website www.peerhelping.com  or contact the OPHA office, 905-372-7275 email peerhelping@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPHA Office: 357 Major Street., Cobourg. Ontario K9A 4C8

Phone: 905-372-7275

Fax: 905-372-9332

Email: peerhelping@hotmail.com

www.peerhelping.com

 

 

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OPHA AT peerhelping@hotmail.com

" TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE"

For more information on this program contact O.P.H.A.

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