October 10th - 13th

We're starting to get into a routine now that the mentor/mentee pairs are becoming more and more familiar with each other. I've begun giving the mentors "homework" each week and this week, they were tasked with memorizing their mentee's schedule. My goal for this is to encourage conversation between mentors and mentees that will enable the mentors to gain in-depth knowledge of their mentee's lives.

This was the second week for the mentees to work with Katrina, our Community Reach Center partner, and the kids love what they're doing, so far. I'm really lucky to be able to work with her, as she does such an excellent job of meeting the students' needs.

Tuesday, we conducted Tutoring Tuesday. Most of the scholars are grateful for the opportunity to stay on top of their studies. Any kids that don't have homework from their core classes are given assignments in No Red Ink, which helps them meet their learning targets for literacy.

We created "6 Word Sentences" on Wednesday. It was neat to learn how the scholars described themselves. Many were humorous, all were insightful.

Thursday was the highlight of my week, since we completed a team building activity I learned about during a professional development day. I dubbed it the "Poster Challenge" and the kids had to work collaboratively to create a new species of bird. Each teammate had an important role within the team and nearly all students rose to the challenge. Take a look at some of the teams working and their creations below: