The purpose of the program is to work with young children and teach them how to deal with conflicts and problems in their lives. The Pawtucket PAL program was formed to achieve the objective of promoting the physical. It is a further objective of the Pawtucket PAL to instill in children the ability to participate in team sports and to compete in a fair and sportsmanlike manner, which in turn prepares children for the challenges and responsibility of adulthood and citizenship. Additionally, it is the objective of the Pawtucket PAL to instruct children of the democratic principals and traditions upon which our society is based and to strengthen the sense of community as well as a relationship between the children of the City of Pawtucket and the Pawtucket Police Department. The above described prevention programs and enacted State Laws have proven to be very effective in reducing and preventing violence crimes within the Pawtucket School System.
All students are now responsible for their individual actions.
All students are aware that illegal or unwanted acts on school property have internal and criminal penalties. As a result, Pawtucket Schools have greatly decreased the number of school violence incidents. The peer mediation program is very successful. It has changed the attitudes and behavior of children with teaching them how to deal with problems and conflicts in their lives. The program shows young children that they have choices in dealing with conflicts, and that alternatives to violence do exist.