November 10th- November 14th

November 10th- November 14th

This week was a very productive week for my mentors. This week the students reached out to an organization to do a community project. The YESS mentors will be holding a clothing drive the first week of December  for  A Precious Child. The students will be collecting many things such as clothes, hygiene products, toys, and books. 

This week the students read a story about a girl who gives into peer pressure. After the students read the story they had to rank the characters in the story from most responsible, to least responsible. It was very interesting to hear the students perspective on what is responsible. This week we also made collages of who we are, and what makes us who we are. I am going to save these till May, then return these to the students so they can see how much they have changed and grown.

We are doing a number of listening and giving directions exercises this week so students can practice giving directions with patience, as well as see how well they listen.

Finally, I did grade checks on every student that I have to see if they are doing well in their classes as well as to see what missing work they have so they can make it up during our Friday homework day. Teachers left comments about the students on the progress check papers. Every student from every teacher had a comment about how their behavior has changed for the better. I am very happy to hear that my students are being leaders in the classroom, and in the halls.

Since my mentors are doing so well. I picked the top students to attend a Nuggets game on Wednesday. All parents and I exchanged information, and all students had a ride to and from the game. They had a blast! This was all their first time attending a game!