Mentors are effective partners with our students, their families, and the school in developing successful high school students and graduates. Mentors can help students use free time better. Mentors can help students deal with daily obstacles and new decisions they will encounter, especially as they adjust to high school life. Mentors can help students gain experiences that will assist and accelerate their thinking about careers and economic independence. Research indicates that the opportunity to learn more about careers and the workplace in general increases academic motivation and achievement.
Mentors can help in a variety of formats.
Successful mentoring programs have set up their meetings in the community, in the schools, and increasingly, in the workplace. Corryville Catholic, St. Joseph and St. Francis Seraph. Most non-local volunteers live together in community. Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur assist with living arrangements and provide community resource support. Training includes a week-long orientation program, a midyear retreat and workshops throughout the year.