Youth Justice Challenge: Parkside High School Proposal Summary

Abstract

Over the past year, student members of the Parkside Against Violence committee (PAVEAT) witnessed countless acts of violence, bullying and harassment. Consequently, it became evident that Parkside High School needed practical solutions to dealing with difficult social situations. By entering the Canadian Justice Department's Youth Justice Challenge, Parkside was given the opportunity to obtain the funds necessary in order to develop these initiatives into a school-wide anti-violence program. As the first place winner of the provincial competition, a total of $9,000 will be provided for Parkside's project, distributed over the next two years. The Youth Justice Challenge plan for 2003-2005 will focus primarily on bullying prevention. It will be implemented by PAVEAT, which consists of approximately twenty students in Grades 9-12 who meet regularly to work towards the eradication of violence. The project was developed by the 2002-2003 president, Eva Treumuth, with the assistance of the then vice-president and current president, Correen Smith.