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Chapman alumna guides students out of life of bullying

Dawn Bonker
August 16, 2010
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Orangeview Junior High School counselor Amy Whitaker, left, and counselor intern Randee Kirkemo, top right, took a group of their students from bullies to role models. Photo/Jebb Harris, Orange County Register

“It felt good to change.”

Those are weighty words for anyone, but especially profound when spoken by an eighth-grade boy describing his transformation from bully to student leader. The young man was helped by a counseling program led by
Chapman University
alumna Ami Whitaker, a counselor at Orangeview Junior High in Anaheim, and Chapman graduate student Randee Kirkemo. Read more about their work in an
Orange County Register
article that featured Whitaker’s students in a story exploring what Orange County schools are doing to solve the problem of student bullies.

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  • Orangeview Junior High School counselor Amy Whitaker, left, and counselor intern Randee Kirkemo, top right, took a group of their students from bullies to role models. Photo/Jebb Harris, Orange County Register..

    Super work thank you admin

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