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Mahomet-Seymour students showcase 15-year Freshman Mentoring Program to school board
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Students described how the program pairs juniors and seniors with freshmen for academics, social support and extracurricular introduction; board members praised the program and asked how it has evolved over 15 years.
At the Jan. 21 Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Board of Education meeting, students from the high school’s Freshman Mentoring Program described a 15-year effort that pairs upperclassmen with incoming freshmen to help them adjust academically and socially.
The students said the mentoring teams operate inside roughly a dozen classrooms, with about four to five mentors per classroom and about 20 to 24 freshmen assigned to each mentor team. “The heart of [the program] is building connections and relationships and supporting our freshmen through their entire first year of high school,” said Levi Avery, a junior, who introduced the student group.
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