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High School Buddy Program: End-of-Year Celebration
11th and 12th Grade mentors were matched with Middle School students early in the school year. We celebrated the end of a very successful mentoring year with a pizza party!
High School Buddy Program: End-of-Year Celebration
High School Buddy Program: End-of-Year Celebration
From Shelley Joslin, Mentoring Program Advisor:
At the beginning of the school year, 11th and 12th Grade students can volunteer to be mentors to a Middle School student. The High School students who wanted to be mentors were matched with Middle School students early in the school year. Last week, we celebrated the end of a very successful mentoring year with a pizza party!
This program provides opportunities for peer role modeling from the older students, and friendship and advice for the younger students. The mentors are required to meet twice a month for 30 minutes with their Middle School student mentee, although many of them meet more often. This year, there were 29 mentor/mentee pairs, and students typically met at lunch or after school to discuss topics of interest, talk about life as a Middle School or High School student, play sports or board games, and enjoy each other's company.
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