Approximately 60 mentors have volunteered at each school, representing parents, community members, business people, Hiland High School students, as well as Mt. Hope and Winesburg fifth eighth graders. Mentors work with students for thirty minutes at a time. Students receive reading help from different mentors three or four times a week. The relationships that have developed between students and mentors have been special.
First students select books from a list of high-quality titles.
Second, they read the book at their own pace. Third, students take short quizzes on the computer. The computer keeps track of the books students have read and the points they have earned by passing the quizzes. Students then receive prizes based on those points. Many new books have been purchased to ensure that enthusiastic readers never run out of quality books.