Ms. Jones fifth grade class will be manning the cash register in hopes of making money to fund large, cement, permanent, garbage can holders for the playground. Every other Friday, until they are gone, candy bars from the former fund-raiser will be on sale. At the beginning of the school year we had only one mentor returning from last year. Now as we approach the end of the year, we have 17 students being helped by mentors. People from the community come in and spend one hour a week with students.
Activities can include visiting, tutoring, playing games, reading stories etc.
There have been many positive relationships built during the year. A One on One experience that children can have with adults is bound to be a positive experience. Some mentors with fifth grade mentees hope to follow them into the middle school. The one mentor who returned from last year had been with the same student for four years. Site will be Powell Valley or Kelly Creek.