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Big Brothers Big Sisters launches Big Futures mentoring pilot at Quincy High; 76 students enrolled so far
Summary
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts presented its Big Futures high-school mentoring pilot at Quincy High on Jan. 8, reporting 76 student sign-ups and 65 matches so far and outlining a multi-year scope including career exposure, internships and postsecondary support.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts presented its Big Futures mentoring pilot at Quincy High during the Jan. 8 Quincy Public Schools meeting, saying the program has signed 76 students and already matched about 65 of them with adult mentors.
The program pairs each high-school student (“little”) with an adult mentor (“big”) in a 1-to-1 relationship that begins in freshman year and continues through senior year, with an optional postsecondary support component up to age 25. Speakers described monthly on-campus events, monthly mentor check-ins, and a scope of career-exposure field trips planned for the spring (PA Consulting, Blueprint Biotechnology, Google) and an end-of-year celebration on campus.
Erin Gordon, identified in the presentation as the Quincy High…
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