Thursday, February 9, 2012

The Mentor Effect

“I recently matched a freshman with a Peer Mentor to get her more help with her school work.  They have been meeting regularly for the past month.  Once school was over today, Stacey barged into my office —with the most energy I’ve ever seen her exude— and told me that she has every single assignment turned in for her math class.  She was so excited and proud of herself for completing everything!”
-Remara
Resource Coordinator at Sehome High School


“Mandy is a sophomore and has no credits.  I met with her often last year and tried to hook her up with a Peer Mentor, but the match was never complete.  Mandy expressed to me that she has an IEP and her current classes were overwhelming and hard to keep up with.  Because of this, she stopped attending school leading her to fall even more behind.  Since then, we were able to get Mandy tested for Special Ed and now she is in classes suitable for her learning needs.  Her and her Mentor have met once and got along great! Mandy was engaging and conversational and seems to be coming to school more often now that her class schedule has been sorted out.”

-Remara
Resource Coordinator at Sehome High School

The names of the students have been changed to protect their confidentiality.

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