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BVSD highlights student mentorship program as model of youth-led support
Summary
Teens Inc. and BVSD student mentors described a four-year mentorship program pairing high school students with fourth graders; the program grew from 12 mentors to 22 and is funded by PTAs and Teens Inc., with hopes to sustain recruitment as mentees age into high school.
Max Maarhausen, community mobilizer at Teens Inc., told the Boulder Valley School District board on Nov. 18 that a student-led mentorship program launched in January 2023 has expanded and now pairs high-school mentors with fourth graders to ease transitions to middle school.
"We are now in our fourth year of the program and we have our largest group yet. We have 22 mentors and there are 32 fourth graders," Maarhausen said, describing…
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