Bethpage High School is proud to continue its Sources of Strength peer leadership program for the 2025–26 school year, welcoming a new group of student volunteers dedicated to supporting the mental health and well-being of their peers. Training for the incoming peer leaders took place on Tuesday in the athletic barn, where dozens of new recruits began preparing to serve as positive role models within the school community.
Sources of Strength is a nationally recognized suicide prevention and mental health promotion program that uses a strength-based, proactive approach. Rather than focusing on risk, the program trains students to build resilience through eight protective strengths: family support, positive friends, mentors, healthy activities, generosity, spirituality and access to mental and physical health resources.
Throughout the year, Bethpage peer leaders will collaborate with adult mentors to launch schoolwide campaigns and events that highlight hope, help and strength. Their mission is to change the conversation around mental health – reducing stigma, encouraging help-seeking and reminding students to recognize their own strengths while supporting one another.
Bethpage High School looks forward to the impact this year’s new peer leaders will make as they spread Sources of Strength’s message of connection, resilience and belonging.
