Robin Pletcher, K-8 mentoring class instructor, has been busy interviewing students for slots in next year’s class. According to Pletcher, she has been  interviewing students during SRT, before and after school, during her prep period, during all lunches, and while her current students are mentoring.

“When (students) bring the essay and the application back to me, then we schedule an interview time. The interview takes maybe 15, 20 minutes,” she said.

Pletcher added that she has 27 interviews scheduled in less than two weeks, but she is aiming to work with approximately 25 students.

Meanwhile, in class, students continue to take their kids on outings.

“We’re supposed to do four (outings) for nine weeks,”  mentor and senior Jacob Ruetz said. “You try to find something that would interest the student.”

Through these outings, mentors and mentees have grown closer together.

According to Reutz, “(The outings) help the kids feel more attached to us.”