Mar 23 2009
Seniors Mentor Freshmen
by Caitlin Stives and Liseth Vazquez
An opportunity available to just a lucky few: getting assigned a mentor. This new project based in Mrs. Driggers’ Leadership class helps freshman learn the ropes of high school by being paired with an older student. “Overall [my mentor] is trying to get me through my first year of high school,” Mentee Michael Frazier says about his mentor/mentee experience.
First time mentee Fernanda Reyes and her mentor, Elizabeth Stewart, “got to know each other.” The first few meetings mentors and their mentees learn each other’s likes, dislikes, hobbies and favorites. As they get better acquainted, they talk about school in general, their goals, and how they plan to reach those goals.
For some, having a mentor means having someone who is willing to listen; to others it means getting guidance on how to survive freshman year. Whatever the case may be, every Wednesday during lunch, two people, with only a three-year age difference, get together and share good and bad experiences with hope of success all four years of high school.
