By Lance Cpl. Jimmy Serena Jr. Colonel Charles Dallachie gives the welcome remarks to the students at QMHS during the Warrior Problem-Solving program March 21.

The program was designed to help students develop better problem-solving skills and is a schoolwide event.

‘‘We want the children to understand what their parents do and demonstrate to them how their parents use problem-solving skills daily,” said Dr. Richard Tom, a math teacher at QMHS.

The Warrior Problem-Solving program is similar to the Big 6, which is a nationwide program some schools use to enforce decision-making skills. The Big 6 skills are task definition, information-seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation.

The Big 6 ideology is similar to that of the Operational Risk Management objectives taught to every Marine in basic training, as it teaches one to assess a situation before taking action.

The 16 volunteers were divided into different classrooms, and each volunteer taught four 65-minute classes. The classes were intended to allow each instructor the chance to share on a personal level the importance of problem-solving skills.

‘‘The students really seemed to grasp the importance of what we were trying to teach,” said Gunnery Sgt. Ruben Villarreal, an enlisted ground monitor at Headquarters and Service Battalion.

The students in the individual classes asked lots of questions and seemed excited at the chance to get answers. Prior to the start of the program, some teachers were worried about how the students would respond to the program.

‘‘I’m really glad that we get to have this program here today,” said Jazmin Boone, a freshman at QMHS. ‘‘I know what my mom does, but now I know what other things Marines do and how important it is to make the right decisions.”

‘‘Overall the program was a success, because the students really seemed interested and a lot of them now have a better grasp of the importance of making decisions,” said Tom.