Each year, Chatham Middle School’s counseling department partners with National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) trainers Ira Baumgartner and Tawana Davis to provide leadership training to 8th grade student leaders. NCBI training focuses on students understanding the impact of self-awareness, personal identities, and stereotypes, as well as provides them with effective ways to create a more caring environment in their school. With their training complete, these student leaders will present positive relationship-building workshops for all sixth graders with the aim of reducing prejudice, conflict, and bullying. Over 20 school districts participate in a consortium with NCBI, with CMS being one of its longest-standing participants.
Our 2026 NCBI trainees are:
Harper Haley
Junxi Jiang
Rowan Murphy
Haven Plourde
Tristen Pulver
Catherine Reyome
Althea Ribar
Soren Searl
Athena Stack
Skylar Styckiewicz
Landon Surita
Emma VanAlstyne
Haley Whitford
Ari Wojeski
