September 14th - 25th

The past two weeks have been extremely busy here at Scott Carpenter! Behind the scenes, the community liaison, CRC therapist, SCMS administrators, and I worked very hard to collect parent consent forms for the class, as well as parent surveys and student surveys. I was extremely relieved when we met our goal this week!

In the classroom, the mentors and mentees have been forming bonds with each other. We've done a lot, even though we missed the 6th graders this week, as they embarked on new adventures at Outdoor Ed.

Last week, our scholars explored how mentoring might be used in the wider community. Everything from training young police officers to mentoring new retail employees came up in their discussions. It was really fascinating to witness their creativity in this endeavor.

This week, we focused primarily on building mentor/mentee bonds before the 6th graders left for camp. The students practiced communication skills by creating Back-to-Back Drawings. This activity is great for building listening skills, as well as speaking skills.

The scholars also worked as mentor/mentee pairs to create bridges out of newspaper and masking tape. The challenge here was to build the longest bridge that could stand on its own and support a 4 ounce applesauce cup. They loved problem-solving and the longest bridge of the day was more than 36 inches!