Conferences

Mentors work to fill our their conference scripts during Mentor Monday.

This past week sure was a busy one as we hosted our student-led parent conferences here at Shaw Heights. I am so happy to have met with over 50% of our families! Thank you to all who took the time to come by the room to speak with me. It is always a pleasure to connect with our YESS families. I am very proud of the way in which our scholars filled out their conference scripts and the confidence they all demonstrated as they went over these scripts and their classwork with their family members.

An example of our conference scripts.

One of the best aspects of conferences with YESS scholars is when I have had a mentee--perhaps one who previously struggled with academics and behavior--who is now a mentor and a scholar who clearly cares deeply about his or her education. I had so many wonderful conversations with parents as they celebrated how their child has gone from a mentee to a mentor in the program and just how much growth and change they have witnessed over the past year. It is such a joy for me to connect with parents in this way!

While we worked to complete our scripts, our mentors and mentees worked together to finalize their Trust Bridge project plans. Each pair will be building a bridge together and were asked to consider which materials they may need, what sort of design they are hoping for, and what information they would like to include from our Trust Bridge worksheet.

We are all looking forward to building the bridges next week--stay tuned!

Brisa and her mentee, Bethsy, have done a great job preparing for the Trust Bridge project!