  What is a High School Site-based
Mentor?High School site-based mentors are simply high school students who volunteer as a mentor to an elementary student on-site at their school. High school mentors can be members of the same class, school club or organization, or simply individual students. As a high school mentor, you are matched with a child at a specific elementary school and become that child’s special friend, offering attention, support and encouragement. What do Matches do Together? Each program is different and is flexible to address the needs of each participating school. Some programs take place during school hours where high school mentors may spend time with their mentee eating lunch, working on academic enrichment, or participating in recreational activities. Other programs take place after school and either involve the mentors traveling to the mentee’s school or the mentees traveling on-site to the high school for the mentoring sessions.  What are the Benefits to the High School?There are many benefits for high schools participating in site-based mentoring programs. Mentors may be given the opportunity to receive communite service hours required for graduation. It may also be an opportunity for community service clubs at the high school to get involved with the community. Students participating in site-based mentoring programs may also have the opportunity to receive job references and other letters of recommendation from the Big Brothers Big Sisters staff. Most importantly, these programs provide students the opportunity to be a friend to a younger child in need.  How Does a High School Get Involved?Each high school should provide a contact person to work with a Big Brothers Big Sisters staff member to help coordinate the program. This person would be a liaison between the high school mentors, the children involved in the program, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. The high school also provides the students who will serve as mentors in the site-based program, either through an extra-curricular school club, a specific class, or through advertisements to the student body. Would You Like More Information? To find out more about how your high school organization can get involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters site-based mentoring programs, call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 937.642.2157. |
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