 MENTORING
PROGRAM
CEI is training high school students at Jefferson to be mentors to
middle school pupils at T.R. Pollicita.
We help the high school students to understand the issues they have
to deal with at school and at home. Then they learn to reach out to
younger students to help them sort out their personal problems and
keep their focus on their schoolwork. They become role models to the
younger students.
The middle schoolers have a safe place, physically and emotionally.
They can talk about topics that really matter to them with someone
they trust. They listen to the high school mentors and look up to them
in a different way than they do with adults.
Participants engage in a series of activities — such as a ropes
course, movie nights, games, retreats, and trainings — to keep
interest high and to motivate students to keep coming back. |
