Sources of Strength
Sources of Strength
at Lakeside Middle School
Coordinator:
2025-2026 will be our 7th year implementing Sources of Strength at Lakeside!
Sources of Strength is a group of nominated Peer Leaders and Adult Advisors across grade levels whose goal is to positively influence peer social norms about help to seek and encourage students to individually assess and develop strengths in their life. This group of Peer Leaders mentored by Adult Advisors lead school-wide campaigns (e.g. Thankfulness Challenge, What Helps Me, Trusted Adults, You Belong, etc.) to help students identify and build their sources of strength.
The “Wheel of Strength” (pictured below) is at the core of Sources messaging includes eight protective factors which are family support, positive friends, mentors, healthy activities, generosity, spirituality, medical access, and mental health. The Sources of Strength’s preventative approach is peer led and focuses on spreading the message of “Hope, Help, and Strength” through student populations, schools, and community. Sources of Strength aims to build resiliency, increase connections between peer/peer and peer/adult, normalize help-seeking and develop healthy coping skills.
You can more about Sources of Strength HERE