For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Dee
Runaas
State Bar of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin school teachers to launch training for Peer Mediation
Program
MADISON, August 5, 1998 - State Bar of Wisconsin
President Susan Steingass and Attorney General James Doyle will speak at
the kickoff luncheon for Peers in Education Addressing Conflict
Effectively (PEACE) in Madison on Thursday, August 6, 1998 at 12:00
noon. The luncheon will be held at the Best Western Inntowner located at
2424 University Avenue and more than 80 school teachers from around the
state are expected to attend.
The PEACE program, sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin and the
Office of the Attorney General, is now in its fourth year. Teachers and
students learn how to reduce the level of violence in their schools
after an intense training program.
Mendota, Lincoln and Lindbergh Elementary Schools in Madison have all
participated in the program in past years. This year, the following
schools are taking part: Almond Elementary, Black Earth and Mazomanie
Elementary, Cameron Elementary, Frederic Elementary, Gillett Elementary,
Keefe Elementary, Kewaskum Elementary, Lincoln Elementary in Marshfield,
Mondovi and Anthony Elementary, Pecatonica Elementary, Philipp
Elementary in Milwaukee, Princeton Elementary, Richland Center School
District and West Side Elementary in Mauston.
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