Aim High Mentoring

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Aim High Mentoring

• Sheffield City Schools

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Buddy Cubbies

• Students love to study with their Mentors in the
  Buddy Cubbies!

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Overview

• The Mentoring Program targets and serves our at
  risk students.
• These students may be at risk of experiencing
  academic failure, poor parent/child relationship,
  economic deprivation, poor social skills,
  delinquency, culturally disadvantaged, peer
  relationship problems, low self concept, trouble
  controlling temper, depression, or a lack of
  support and attention from a stable adult. Or
  they may just need a little extra help with their
  schoolwork.

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Who is Involved?

• Mentees are those students being mentored. Any
  student in the SCS system who has been
  indentified as at risk.
• Mentors are our volunteers who agree to help
  the at risk students. They can be high school
  students who are well-rounded academic achievers,
  or a responsible adult from the community.

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Benefits

• Students (Mentees) get better grades, improve
  attitude and self esteem, gain a friend.
• High School Mentors Improve self esteem, build
  leadership characteristics, building college
  resumes, gave them an appreciation of helping
  others.

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When? Where?

• The Mentor goes to the childs school, one day a
  week for about 30 to 45 minutes to help the
  mentee with homework/schoolwork, be a buddy or
  play learning games.

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Study in Space
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Meet Your Mentor in the Bear Cave!!
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Mentors help with Reading
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Mentors are Buddies
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Mentors Take Baths???????
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End of the Year Party!!!!!