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District leaders highlight mentoring program expansion across all grade levels
Summary
District presenters described a mentoring program now present in nearly every school, with elementary and secondary models; presenters said the program has enrolled 300–320 participants districtwide and High School East currently lists 101 mentees.
District staff used the curriculum meeting to spotlight the district mentoring initiative that pairs students with trained staff mentors and schedules periodic full-group events. Megan Okunowits described the elementary model and materials provided to mentors, saying the program has run three successful years with 'total enrollment being anywhere from, like, 300 to 320' and that it "has impacted over 60 to 75 students." The elementary program emphasizes needs assessment, mentor training, logs, and three full-group events per year, typically held before school.
Doug Trumbull described the High School East 'Raiders Helping Raiders' secondary model that has run about 15 years and currently includes 101 students and more than 60 staff mentors. Trumbull listed top goals as increasing attendance, student engagement and reducing discipline referrals: 'Top 5 benefits of our program... to decrease the dropout rate.' Presenters and board members clarified logistics: mentoring is voluntary, meetings occur during school hours, and full-group events require parent drop-off when held before school.
