11.03.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For November, the challenges will center around the theme of Giving Thanks. This week’s challenge is to talk to your mentee about who they’re thankful for and why. Share who you’re thankful for and why too. Then, write some appreciation notes (store bought or homemade) and slip them in the mail or deliver them […]

10.27.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For October, the challenges will center around the theme of Character Education. This week’s challenge is to teach your mentee about citizenship. Citizenship involves many aspects of how a person can act as a responsible member of society (conserving resources, following rules and laws, volunteering in your community and voting in local & national elections). […]

10.20.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For October, the challenges will center around the theme of Character Education. This week’s challenge is to teach your mentee about caring. Caring involves being compassionate, empathetic, and considerate of others without the expectation of receiving anything in return. You may have noticed that many students spend a lot of time in front of screens […]

10.13.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For October, the challenges will center around the theme of Character Education. This week’s challenge is to teach your mentee about responsibility. Responsibility involves students being accountable for their actions, working independently in an effective way, and meeting obligations. Start by asking your mentee for their definition of responsibility. Then ask them to think […]

10.06.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For October, the challenges will center around the theme of Character Education. This week’s challenge is to teach your mentee about trustworthiness. Trustworthiness involves three key aspects: honestly, reliability and loyalty. Talk through a few scenarios that involve people being trustworthy (these can be from your own life, the lives of people you know or […]

09.29.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For September, the challenges will center around the theme of Back to School. This week’s challenge is to get to know your mentee’s schedule. What school events do they have coming up that you could potentially attend? Do they play a musical instrument or sing in the choir? Start letting them know that […]

09.22.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For September, the challenges will center around the theme of Back to School. This week’s challenge is to work with your mentee to set SMART goals. Use this document to talk through some personal, behavioral and/or academic goals that you will monitor and track with your mentee throughout the school year. Your coaches […]

09.15.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For September, the challenges will center around the theme of Back to School. This week’s challenge is to do a check-in. Before school started, you talked to your mentee about their hopes and anxieties for the school year. This week, check-in with them. How were they able to deal with their anxieties the […]

09.08.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development For September, the challenges will center around the theme of Back to School. This week’s challenge is to surprise your mentee with a little back to school love. How about instead of hanging out at 5:00 pm, you pick them up from school and take them to get their favorite ice cream flavor. […]

09.01.24 Weekly Mentor Update

Mentor Development September is Back-to-School Month and this means joy for some, anxiety for others and fear for a few. Let’s challenge ourselves to meet our mentees where they’re at this month. Walking alongside someone and sharing in their joy enhances that experience for them. Walking next to someone in moments of anxiety provides them […]