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Seniors Brandon Teater, Gabe Quigley, Michael Uhrig and Cassidy Eckstein (left to right) play a board game that they play with their mentees during the K-8 Mentor SRT. Eckstein said the mentor experience has humbled her and opened her eyes to the struggles those around her face.

As January is National Mentoring Month, K-8 mentoring presents benefits for both mentees, mentors

Hannah Gretz January 23, 2020

Each year in January since 2002, the Harvard School of Public Health has led a National Mentoring Month. Over the past 18 years, this campaign has developed to promote mentoring, specifically in youth,...

GKOM and junior Kathryn “Katie” Camp sits on a desk and chats with some of the freshmen in her SRT during a Connection Session. The final GKOM Connection Session is scheduled for April 27. LINDSEY WALKER/PHOTO

GKOM organization changes final Connection Session date to April 27

Beats April 22, 2012

According to lead GKOM sponsor Mike Meyer, the GKOM organization has changed the date for its last Connection Session of this school year from SRT on April 19 to SRT on April 27. The date was changed...

K-8 mentoring class in preparation for end-of-year celebration

Beats April 19, 2012

As the end of the school year approaches, K-8 mentoring class is deciding what to do to commemorate the year. According to Robin Pletcher, instructor of the K-8 mentoring class, "(We are planning on)...

K-8 mentors build stronger relationships with students, plan for end of year

Beats March 28, 2012

K-8 mentoring class is nearly done with a successful school year of helping young students adapt to new environments. “Some of the schools do get all the mentors together at the end of the year,”...

K-8 Mentoring begins interviewing mentors for next year

Beats February 10, 2012

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...

K-8 Mentoring students form stronger bonds with kids

Beats January 24, 2012

Since fall break, students in the K-8 Mentoring class have been getting to know their students more and more, according to mentor and senior Maddy Schlichter. Lately, they have been joining each other...

GKOM and senior Joseph “Joe” Jasin discusses how semester grades are calculated with his GKOM SRT during a Connection Session. The next Connection Session is scheduled for Dec. 2. LINDSEY WALKER/ PHOTO

No GKOM Connection Session Dec. 12, misprint in Pathways

Beats December 2, 2011

According to the Pathways planner, there is a GKOM Connection Session scheduled for Dec. 2 and Dec. 12, however GKOM head sponsor Mike Meyer says that it was a misprint. There is no Connection...

K-8 mentors develop stronger bonds with mentees

Beats November 15, 2011

The K-8 mentoring class is now expanding upon the relationships that they are building with their student mentees, whom they met with for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. “Since the first...

K-8 Mentors meet partners for year

Beats November 5, 2011

The K-8 Mentors met the students whom they will be supporting this year. The mentors will now have weekly sessions with their mentees. “I was a little nervous (to meet my mentees) because I didn’t...

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