This year’s senior mentoring program has over fourty seniors and juniors helping out the guided study halls and success classes. Although students do get credit for being a senior mentor, becoming one is not as easy as just writing down what classes they want to take each year. There is a process students have to go through to join the mentoring program.

Becoming a mentor is much like applying for a job. To be in the program students have to apply, and if they meet the expectations required for the program, they get interviewed. After the process of becoming a mentor is completed, about four or five mentors are assigned to a class. Once in the program, the mentors not only help the under class men transition from middle to high school , but the mentors also help the teachers in any way possible.

“The feedback I hear about the mentors is always good, “ said Mrs. Linda Johnson. “Peer to peer relationships create a more comfortable learning environment. Sometimes it’s better to have an older peer that already knows the information help the under class-men to understand what they’re studying. It creates a good relationship between the peers making them more comfortable.”

Even the senior mentors themselves love working with the students and teachers.

“I love being a senior mentor; working with the students is a lot of fun!” said senior Nikki Palowski.

If anyone is interested in becoming a senior mentor this year, they should contact Mrs. Johnson in guidance.