April 20th- April 24th

Time management has been a struggle for most of the mentees and mentors this year. Many students have responsibilities outside of school that include: homework, taking care of younger siblings, chores, and some of the 8th graders already have part time jobs.


One of the activities this week was prioritizing most important to least important things to do, and figuring how much time one needs to dedicate to: homework, after school activities, and  part time jobs. In this activity some students realized that they do not study enough, or that they need to spend less time with their friends and more time with family or their school work. Students are practicing using a master schedule chart and will let me know next Thursday how using a schedule has helped them.

This week I was able to work with the mentors and do a team building activity at Ranum. We did an activity called, "The disappearing circle."  In this activity all mentors had to fit in the circle. As the circle became smaller, the mentors had to rely on one another for support. Through this activity the mentors learned that it is okay to ask one another for help, and the everyone needs to support one another, The mentors felt more confident in asking for help after this lesson.