Trevor Gourneau, Principal

"A lot of times our students are really private...Alongside gives us a chance to understand a little bit more what our students are going through."

Trevor Gourneau, Principal of Circle of Nations School, describes how Alongside is helping them meet student needs...

"I'm pretty excited about alongside for our students. Our students come to us with a lot of mental health issues and trauma. And I believe that Alongside will help our students, you know, have somebody to talk to each day and just give ussome important data of what our students are feeling. So that can make us stronger as educators and just plan more for the mental health of our students.

And it's kind of a safeguard for us 'cause a lot of times our students are really private and they don't say a whole lot of things. And Alongside gives us a chance to understand a little bit more what our students are going through and gives them a chance to open up a little bit more and alert us on some of those things. So I think Alongside will definitely help us moving forward in the future with the mental health needs of our students here at Circle of Nation School."