Early on in the year, fourteen to sixteen seventh and eighth grade students who are thought by their peers and teachers to listen well, be confidential, and have the ability to remain neutral are nominated to be Peer Mediators. The elected Peer Mediators are then trained for their positions in a two-day training session. Students are referred to the Peer Mediation staff by a teacher or guidance counselor and a mediation is arranged. Two Peer Mediators (usually one boy and on

girl) are asked to mediate in each dispute.Thirty to forty mediations are done each year and have received a lot of positive feedback from teachers. The mediators feel that they are effective about half of the time, and only about ten percent would say they aren't effective. If the Mediators are not happy with their mediation, they refer the case to an adult. The disputants feel that fifty percent of the time it does some good and twenty percent of the time it does a lot of good.

In general, the school reports a greatly improved school climate since the advent of Peer Mediation about five years ago.