Mentoring Programs
Avon Community Schools
At Avon we have our Peer Mentor program. High school students come from the high school to work with our students.
Contact
Ginger Davis
6th Grade Counselor
Avon Intermediate School
317-272-3120 Ext. 3520
317-272-3121 (Fax)
gdavis@avon.k12.in.us
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Columbus East High School
Seniors at Columbus East (Columbus, Indiana) High School do a senior project as part of their English class. The senior project consists of a proposal, research paper, project, portfolio, and presentation. Each student has a mentor from the community that assists him/her throughout the senior project. The mentor meets with the student to give input about the research paper, and to assist with the design and implementation of the project. The mentor acts as a positive role model involved in a one-on-one supportive partnership with a student. The mentor is a community member with experience and expertise in the student's chosen topic for the project.Contact
Anne C. Edds
Community Connections Coordinator
Columbus East High School
230 South Marr Road
Columbus, IN 47201
812-375-2789
eddsa@bcsc.k12.in.usPeer Leader Program
Columbus East has a Peer Leader program that has upperclassmen assigned to our 9th grade homerooms which meet everyday. They function similar to Big Brothers/Sisters serving as mentors, advisors, and tutors. Usually two to a homeroom plus a teacher.Contact:
Doug Moore
moored@bcsc.k12.in.usCadet Teaching Program
We have 26 juniors and seniors helping in our school and in
elementary schools in our area. One of our most successful aspects has
been sending cadets to ESL classes to assist Spanish speaking students.Contact
Nan Keach
Keystone/Cadet Teacher
Columbus East High School
812-376-4552
Batesville Community School Corporation
Batesville High School
We allow our Grade 11 and 12 students to mentor in the community in career areas they might be interested in pursuing either through post-high school coursework (tech/business school, Associate Degree, or Bachelor Degree) or entering the workforce immediately after high school graduation. The support is tremendous.Contact
Ron Thomson, Counselor
Batesville High School
Brownsburg Community School Corporation
Eagle Elementary School
High School Peer Facilitators
These students participate in a class at the high school and are in this class because they like children or would like a future career with children. The teacher introduces the program and is there as a supervisor if there is a problem. The students come to our school early in October each year and go through a brief interview with the assistant principal or myself. Then the high school students meet one-on-one on a weekly basis as a Big brother/big sister or tutor with students selected by elementary teachers.Contact
April Fawcett, school counselor
Brownstown Central Community School Corporation
Brownstown Central High School
Our program is called Natural Helpers and is part of our larger School to Home Connection program. At Brownstown the mentors are high school students, one-third of which are considered at-risk. We currently have 60 high school students in the program, and anticipate having around 100 by the end of the school year. The mentees are students from grades 1-8 in the Brownstown School Corporation. The majority of these students are also considered at-risk. Our Natural Helpers are trained to provide a positive support system for the students as well as to encourage and assist in academic achievement.Contact
Jami Rice, Natural Helper Coordinator
Brownstown Central High School
812-358-3453
jrice@btownccs.k12.in.us
Centerville-Abington Community Schools
Rose Hamilton Elementary School
We have a Goodwill Ambassadors program which involves our students. Two students from each classroom are ambassadors. One of their duties is to mentor any new child that comes to their room. Those duties include introducing the new student to the office workers, special teachers, cafeteria workers, nurse, etc.; playing with the child at recess, sitting w/ the child at lunch and explaining rules and procedures of the cafeteria, being an 'in the room' buddy to help with classroom procedures, etc. We just started the program this year and so far it seems to be working well.Contact
Sue Phillips
sphillips@centerville.k12.in.us
Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation
Whiteland Community High School
We have an advisement program that includes all students and licensed staff. Students meet in small groups weekly for short meetings and one-on-one monthly with their advisor. We also have a support group for pregnant students and young parents. This meets every other week and is facilitated by the guidance department.
We have a peer helpers class in which high school students train during first semester and then work with elementary buddies second semester. Becky Canary is the teacher. Our program allows our chosen peer helpers to go to the elementary schoolsonce a week (usually beginning mid November) to be a big brother-big sister to 1-2 students. This continues throughout the school year (early May). The peers do one-on-one tutoring, developing interpersonal skills, or just be their friend. They plan a weekly activity and keep a notebook/journal. We try to have an end of the year celebration (picnic, zoo trip, etc) to finalize their relationship." The Peer Helpersare also known for our prevention programs such as Red Ribbon Week, OrangeRibbon Week, and Kindness Week. We just recently collected coats for Johnson County's United Way Operation Bundle Up.Contacts
Sharon Conner
sharon.conner@cpcsc.k12.in.us
Becky Canary--Peer Helpers
300 Main St.
Whiteland, IN 46184
Clarksville Community School Corporation
Clarksville Middle School
Clarksville Middle School has a mentoring program. The program coordinator's name is Mr. Tom Millea. The mentors are adult members of the community who have been recruited by Mr. Millea either from local philanthropic organizations such as the Lions Club, BPW, or from some of the large businesses such as the Colgate Plant. The mentors go through a training process as well as a criminal check. Last year we had like 25 students served out of a school of 350 that was pretty good. This year our goal is to serve 50. We received several grant monies to fund the program.Contacts
Tom Millea
812-282-8235
Becky Bilsland, Counselor
Clarksville Middle School
101 Ettels Lane
Clarksville, IN 47129
812-282-8235
rbilsland@ccsc.k12.in.us
Cloverdale Community Schools
Cloverdale Elementary School
At Cloverdale Elementary School we have what we call "Lunch Buddies." People from businesses in town come on their lunch time to eat lunch, do homework, just visit with students who are referred by teachers. Also, we have a Creative Writing program where volunteers from the community look at students' writing and give feedback on it. Teachers choose to have their students do the assignment based on a topic given by the principal. It is not required but is done on a volunteer basis. At the end of the year, we have the students who have submitted writing pieces to meet with the volunteer mentors.Contact
Mrs. Susan Schwartz, Principal
765-795-4339
Crawfordsville Community Schools
Crawfordsville High School
We have: Peer Facilitator Class--Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors may take this course which is a one semester course worth 1 credit/semester. Students assist special needs students one on one in a classroom setting.Cadet Teacher Class--Only seniors who are Core 40, have passed ISTEP, and who are seriously considering teaching as a career may take this course. Students have a supervisor teacher in the elementary, middle school, alternative school or St. Bernard's Parochial School. This can be a full year course worth 1 credit per semester.
Contact
Sharon K. Harris, Director of Guidance
Crawfordsville High School
765-362-2340
Danville Community School Corporation
South Elementary School
BUG ("Bring Up Grades") Program
Mentors from community groups such as Kiwanis, Tri Kappa, Rotary Club, PTO, etc. come in one day a week after school to help students with goal setting for academic improvement, homework, projects, reading, math facts, etc. Students work in groups of two to three students per mentor. If students raise one grade while maintaining all others, they make the BUG Honor Roll and are honored along with our A and A/B Honor Roll students each grading period.Contact
Jacque McBride
South Elementary
Danville Community School Corporation
Decatur County Community Schools
South Decatur Peer Helper Program
Mentors: Juniors and Seniors (Selected through interview, evaluation, and essay process.)
Population Served: K-12 focusing on 7-12
Mentees: 7th grade students (all have a mentor), special needs students, and immediate risk students.
Programs offered within South Decatur Peer Helper Program:
1.7th grade mentor/mentees
2.Individual student assistance
3.Conflict Mediation
4.Special Needs mentors
5.Classroom Connection
6.Peer Drama
7.Tutoring
8.Community Service
9.Elementary Journal Buddies
10.Peer GroupsContact
Kelli Hoeflinger
8885 S St Rd 3
Greensburg, IN 47240
812-591-3330
Fayette County School Corporation
There is a mentoring program for elementary students in grades 4-6 entitled "Friends for Friends". Community volunteers meet with students weekly for lunch.
Contact
Janine HurdFrazee Elementary
Conflict Manager Program-Conflict Managers are peer mediators who help other
students with their problems.
Contact
Cindy Stanko.Maplewood Elementary
At Maplewood, the conflict manager program is called S.O.S. (Students Offering Solutions).Contact
Cindy Stanko
Fort Wayne Community Schools
Study Connection combines the volunteer power of the community with public education to deliver a cost-effective and efficient program to help Fort Wayne Community Schools students bolster their academics. The Study Connection office recruits volunteers to work with FWCS students identified by teachers as needing one-to-one tutoring assistance. Students and tutors meet after school, one day each week for one hour during the school year.
Study Connection is manageable, focused and flexible. Study sites for tutoring are located in safe, public places throughout the city. In many instances, students are transported to and from their study sites by FWCS yellow bus. Businesses or organizations with a group of volunteers are eligible to open their doors to students. Volunteers may opt to “buddy” with a friend and share a student if time is a constraint.
How do we know volunteers working with students is a winning combination? Evaluations consistently show that this once-a-week interaction does improve academics, school attendance, and behavior. In addition, many of these partnerships grow into lasting friendships and mentoring opportunities. And volunteering is good for one’s health! According to a study by the University of Michigan Research Center, volunteering increases life expectancy. They found that men who volunteered at least once a week lived two-and-one-half times longer than men who didn’t volunteer.
Franklin Community School Corporation
Franklin Community High School
Jan Henderson at our school (Franklin Community High School) has developed an outstanding freshman mentoring program. Upper class (jr and sr) students are assigned a small group of freshmen to guide through their first year experience.Contact
Jan Henderson
hendersj@fcsc.k12.in.us
Franklin County Community School Corporation
Franklin County High School
For several years we have had peer facilitating. Juniors and seniors who have been selected for the program go through an extensive training program the first year they are in the program. They serve as big brothers or sisters and also tutor students needing help. They go to the elementary and middle schools in our county as well as help high school students.This year we are taking part in Lee Lonzo's Freshmen Solutions Program. We have 64 juniors and seniors who have been trained as freshmen mentors. During orientation this August they met with their assigned freshmen. There were many activities during the day. Freshmen are divided into homerooms and there are 5 mentors (WKOMS) for each of the 11 homerooms. Each mentor is responsible for a certain group of freshmen. They will meet with them once a month for about 1/2 hour. We will have planned activities for the mentors to do with their freshmen. We have 9 WKOMS that are on the council. They help organize, run off materials, etc. (WKOM = Wildcat Kickoff Mentor) Our WKOMS and freshmen homeroom teachers have orange shirts they are wearing at staggered times the first semester. If a freshman has a question or concern, he/she knows it is "safe" to go to one of the people in an orange shirt. We feel this program will help our freshmen transition into high school better.
Greenfield-Central Community Schools
Greenfield-Central High School
At Greenfield-Central, we have project ARROW (At Risk Reach Out Works). High school kids mentor at risk middle school kids. There is also an adult master mentor as part of the group. It is a great program. Some of the at risk kids become mentors when they reach high school. We train the high schoolers and master mentors as peer facilitators and give them a curriculum. We stress CHARACTER FIRST, a program our corporation and community participates in.Contact
Kathy Dowling, Guidance Director
Greenfield-Central High School
810 North Broadway
Greenfield, IN 46140
317-462-9211
Fax. 317-467-6723
kdowling@gcsc.k12.in.us
Greensburg Community Schools
Greensburg Junior High School
1) High Five
"Sponsored" by our local Big Bros/Big Sis chapter, this program pairs jr high (6-8) students with 1st and 2nd graders once a week. The junior high student help their young "mentees" with homework, reading aloud, and listening to them about their day. The junior high students get a one day training in listening skills prior to participation.2) After School Homework Help
Available to any junior high (6-8) student, a parent volunteer heads up this program which uses peer helpers. Two days per week are spent on homework help and study skills, and each Friday is devoted to "cup-stacking" for fun.3) After School Adventure Program
Facilitated by Chuck Kime of 100th Monkey Adventures, this program, funded by grants, uses high school students as mentors to the junior high participants. The focus is on decision-making and healthy lifestyle choices.4) Peer Mediation
8th grade students do an intensive 2 week training to prepare them to help their fellow students resolve conflicts.Contact
Deb Cruser
dcruser@greensburg.k12.in.us
Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Cumberland Road Elementary
We participate in the Oasis Program which involves senior citizens tutoring first and second graders. We also have a parent volunteer program to work with students needing extra help called T.E.C. We also have a peer tutor program that usually occurs second semester and involves fourth graders helping younger students. That program is one that the counselor oversees though I've usually had an instructional assistant to do much of the mechanics, training, etc. Most classes also do reading buddies which matches older classes with younger ones to share a story. Many of these are done through the teachers.Contact
Mary Ellen Gill, School Counselor
Huntington County Community School Corporation
Crestview Middle School
Overcoming the Odds
A mentorship program for sixth graders. Volunteer mentors are provided through Huntington College.
Indianapolis Public Schools
Northwest High School
Northwest High School has a mentoring program with Bank One in which about 20 seniors are transported to the Bank One Training Center twice a month after school from 2:30 - 5:00 and are mentored by Bank One Employees. This lasts all year and Bank One awards $500 scholarships to each student who completes the program and an additional $500 if the students attends IUPUI.
The Executive Service Corps (retired executives - a national program) mentors Juniors & Seniors. They meet twice a month with the Juniors & once a month with the Seniors. Students are assigned a mentor and there is a set program which the students follow each time they meet - aimed toweard getting into college. In their Sebior year, the mentors also take the students on a college visit. Today, 2 of the mentors and 3 Seniors are on a visit to Ball State. They also award $500 scholarships to seniors. They have to apply, are interviewed and then some are chosen from thia group for the scholarships.
We also have students who are mentored through the Center for Leadership Development program, the Urban League, and the Business Finance Magnet Seniors have a mentor from the business community who mentors them during their senior year. (Our only magnet program at Northwest.)
We also have a program with the University of Indianapolis - Bridge Program - to encourage students to apply to U of I through campus visits & turorial sessions and one with IUPUI Upward Bound which meets monthly and has a 6 week summer session on the Bloomington campus. Students apply during their freshman year and can go to Bloomington during that summer & also between their junior & senior year.Contact
Mary Elizabeth Rudd
ruddm@mail.ips.k12.in.us
Kokomo-Center Township Consolidated School Corporation
Kokomo High School
Kokomo High School Freshman Focus program
Our program is aimed at improving the freshman success rate at KHS. Our mentors are juniors and seniors who are good role models. They lead lessons on how to effectively interact with teachers, how to calculate GPA, how to organize, etc. We have a specific curriculum that gets evaluated and revised each year.Contact
Valerie Phillips
765 455 8040 ext 517
Lafayette School Corporation
Jefferson High School
Programs:
PEERS Project (Peers Educating & Encouraging Responsible Sexuality)
Scout & Learn (mentoring program for students that assist in the Health Center, funded by a grant from the Coalition for a Drug Free Tippecanoe County and taught by Purdue Nursing Students)
Smoking Cessation Program (program funded by a grant from the Minority Coalition-offered to students at Jefferson H.S.)Contact
Phyllis Kenline R.N.
Jefferson High School Nurse
1801 S. 18th Street
Lafayette, IN 47905
765-772-4700 (ext 2071)
pkenline@lsc.k12.in.us
LaPorte Community School Corporation
Boston Middle School
School Buddies Program
This program is sponsored by the Youth Service Bureau in LaPorte, and the Communities in Schools project. Basically, we are a continuation of the elementary program, by allowing matched buddies to continue their relationship with the 6th grade students who were involved in 5th grade. The adults involved are community people recruited and screened by the YSB. Stephanie Fleshman from the YSB actually does all the work; we simply allow our space and the student's lunch time. In this program, the big buddies may only see the children at school. There are no home visits, or trips to other places. It is a wonderful program.Another program in LaPorte schools is a transitional peer buddy program which assigns "at-risk" students leaving 8th grade and matches them with a high school buddy. The younger buddies are taken on a tour of the building in the spring and I believe a picnic is planned for the students previous to the beginning of school in August. This program is just getting off the ground.
Contact
Lorri Schellinger, School Counselor
Coordinator, School Buddies Program
Handley Elementary School
We have the HOSTS Mentoring program.
Contact
Melinda Otwinowski
motwinowski@lpcsc.k12.in.us
Madison Consolidated Schools
Madison Consolidated Schools
We at Madison Consolidated Schools utilize High School Peer Tutors at the Middle and Elementary school levels. Teresa Jewell is the high school counselor who operates the program from that level. At my school-E.O. Muncie Elementary, we use the Peer Tutors to help struggling students with one-on-one help, primarily with academics. Teachers volunteer for the time slots available on a first come basis.Contact
Tony Schroeder
TSchroeder@madison.k12.in.us
Madison Consolidated High School
Currently we have:1. Cub Mentor Program-approx. 40 students who provide a freshmen orientation and are available to new students.(Shelly Reinisch contact)
2. Peer Mediation-students trained in conflict resolution.(Shelly Reinisch contact)
3. Peer Tutors (Teresa Jewell contact)
Contact
Shelly Reinisch, At-Risk Counselor
Madison Consolidated High School
812-265-6672
Michigan City Area Schools: Hours for Ours
Hours for Ours school-based mentoring program provides students in grades one through nine with one-to-one adult mentors within 10 different public school sites. The traditional mentoring program format is hourly face-to-face weekly visits between mentor and student within the student’s school environment. Combined with the traditional mentoring format students in middle school through high school may also participate in e-mentoring (e-mailing between mentor/mentee) as a compliment to less frequent face-to-face meetings. In addition, mentees and mentors participate in at least one service learning project per school year, and students in grades five through nine in Hours for Ours are introduced to post-secondary learning environments. Students are given exposure to diverse post-secondary institutions which include campus visits to area state technical colleges, as well as public and private universities. Middle and high school students in Hours for Ours are also given basic academic support through weekly homework assistant sessions (separate from mentoring sessions). Hours for Ours focuses on relationship building as the premise for nurturing students’ potential for academic and personal success. Mentors are recruited from the business community as well as high school, college and the wider Michigan City community providing services to approximately 160 students per school year.
Contact:
Sarah Fine, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Hours for Ours Program Coordinator
MCAS: Hours for Ours
817 Lafayette St.
Michigan City, IN 46360
219-873-2026, ext. 311
sfine@mcas.k12.in.us
Mill Creek Community School Corporation
Cascade Senior High School
Cadet Kick-Off – Selected upper class students are trained and assigned 4-5 incoming freshman to mentor during orientation and throughout the year.
Monroe County Community School Corporation
Batchelor Middle School
In addition to various extra-curricular activities such as National Junior Honor Society, Student Council, sports and drama club, Batchelor also offers opportunities for students to participate in youth outreach programs, many in partnership with local education and community service institutions. All are designed to offer extra support so that students can be successful and eventually earn a high school diploma. They are, in part:
Boy Scouts – This group sponsors an annual Career Day for students so that speakers from the community can share their work experiences.
Boys and Girls Club – Using volunteers from the Indiana Reading and Math Team, this agency provides after school tutoring in the school’s media center four days each week.
Chamber of Commerce/Franklin Initiative – Students participate in the Reality Store to see the connections between specific careers and the lifestyles those careers will support.
IU Center for Human Growth – Free individual, small group, and family counseling is offered to students on a regular basis and is designed to assist middle school students and their families in developing the skills to succeed in school and in life.
IU Dept. of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design – IU students are working with a group of Batchelor students to design a plan to improve the physical climate of the building.
Leadership Bloomington – This program provides an opportunity for local business and community leaders to learn more about Bloomington and Monroe County. A team from this group works annually with a group of Batchelor students on a school improvement project.
Monroe County Juvenile Probation – The probation department offers a partnership whereby one officer is assigned to Batchelor to follow up with those students who are on probation or who are referred by the principal as being at risk of being on probation in the future.
Partners in Education – Mentors from I.U. meet with a group of students on a regular basis. The program’s goal is to foster relationships between students and mentors from the University and to offer students opportunities they would not otherwise have in an attempt to increase the likelihood of these students pursuing higher education. Once every month, this group takes a trip to Indiana University to tour various facilities.
Project Peace – This peer mediation program sponsored by the Indiana Bar Association provides students with the necessary information and skills to solve his/her own conflicts peacefully and to help peers solve conflicts peacefully.
Student Coalition – Funded by a grant from Monroe County, this group of students works with the Monroe County’s Youth Network to provide an opportunity for at-risk children to assume leadership roles in an effort to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse. One of the goals is to ease the transition from 6th to 7th grade so that students are
prepared to resist peer pressure.
Sunrise Rotary Club – Members work all athletic events so that teachers can have more time to work on classroom preparation.
Teen Options – A 10-week pregnancy and disease prevention program sponsored by Indiana University and Bloomington Hospital, this program is designed to help students think about important decisions regarding responsible sexual behavior.
Youth Outreach – Batchelor piloted this successful program for expelled middle school students. The goal is to help students successfully return to the regular school environment.Contact
Paul Mullin
pmullin@mccsc.edu
http://www.mccsc.edu/%7ekclark/Batchelor/pl221/pl221.htmBloomington High School South
Bloomington HS South, Bloomington, Indiana establishes a mentoring program through a once weekly one hour Student Resource Time (SRT). Students are assigned to a specific teacher based on grade level and alphabet. This teacher follows the student in SRT during the four years they are at South.Contact
Rebecca Cambridge
MSD Pike Township
Lincoln Middle School
We have three mentoring programs here at Lincoln Middle School.1) STEP program: Staff members at school select students to mentor. They meet with students weekly, usually a prearranged time. They often have lunch together. These staff mentors provide the students with one individual with whom they have a strong, positive relationship in the building.
2)"Talks" Mentor Program. This program matches adult male volunteers with male students. Each mentor volunteer is matched with 3 students. They meet as a group once a week during school for the school year. They may utilize a mentor curriculum titled "Talks My Father Never Had with Me."
3) BU4U: This program is similar to the "Talks" program. Adult female volunteers mentor girls from Lincoln. They meet once a week after school. They utilize a similar curriculum titles "Talks My Mother Never Had with Me."
Contact
Diane Richie
DRichie@pike.k12.in.us
Guion Creek Middle School
GYM (Guiding Young Minds) Program – The GYM Program at GCMS has been in existence for two years and a semester pilot. It was formed with the intention of providing as many students as possible the opportunity to have a consistent, adult role model in their lives. In past years we have averaged around twenty-five mentors who have committed to working with a student one-on-one for at least one hour a week over the course of the school year. The students targeted for this program are students who could benefit from adult guidance and attention that otherwise may not be provided for them.The GYM Program provides an immediate mentor for each selected student. All mentees are provided with at least one hour a week individual attention from their mentor. This program includes a 22 week commitment for both mentors and mentees. As well as consistent one-on-one mentoring the program has monthly scheduled group activities, led and conducted by individual mentors, that provide experiences which inspire and prompt communication between adults and students.
ndetrick@pike.k12.in.us
Pike High School
We have Red Ribbon Ambassadors that work with elementary-aged children talking to them about the ills of alcohol and other drug use. I am trying to expand the program so that it is a year-round opportunity for networking with other schools. Also, we are also trying to reach out to the middle schools in Pike.Contact
Lisa Sims Browning, MA
School Counselor
Pike High School
5401 West 71st Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
Telephone: 317-387- 2600
Fax: 317-387-7239
Email: lsbrowni@pike.k12.in.us
MSD Southwest Allen County
Homestead High School
Part One: Special needs tutoring/mentoring for severve and profound.
Homestead High School has a peer tutor program that encompasses a couple of different aspects:
Contact:
Mrs. Marta Lute
mlute@sacs.k12.in.us
Part two: Spartan Mentor Program. Pilot program 2004-05. Provides cross-age, one-on-one mentoring for freshmen to deal with personal or academic concerns. We also have weekly group mentoring for freshmen students with upperclassmen co-leaders. Groups are supervised by counseling staff.
Contact:
Brian Dobias
bdobias@sacs.k12.in.us
MSD Steuben County
Carlin Park Elementary
We have a Mentor Program through Big Brothers/Big Sisters. The mentors are usually high school students, but are screened through BBBS.
Contact
Ed Ludington
260-665-7204
We also have Tri State University mentors coming to our school. Our principal (John Maurer) makes the arrangements for these students. Some come during the school day and some come after school to do more tutoring kinds of activities. We also do a lot of upper grades-lower grades matching within our building.Contact
Amy Perkins, School Counselor
Carlin Park Elementary
260-665-2014 ext.246
MSD Warren Township
Raymond Park Middle School
We have students in a Peer Tutor program. They help our Severe and Profoundly disabled students with various tasks. Sometimes they help them in their regular special education classes, however, they also help in related arts courses, at breakfast/lunch time...whatever is needed. This program really helps our severe and profound kids to get to know our general education kids. It also helps our general education kids to understand more about people with disabilities!Contact
Shelia Allen
sallen@warren.k12.in.us
New Castle Community School Corporation
New Castle Chrysler High School
STAR (STudents At Risk) is a program to provide extra help for students who may be at risk of dropping out of high school. Students may be at-risk because of grades, behavior, attendance, or all of these.Contact
Darlene Norris-Phillips, STAR Coordinator
dnorris@nccsc.k12.in.us
North Knox School Corporation
We have 2 mentoring programs at North Knox.
1. Project WIN is a program we began 5 years ago in which we train about 25 juniors and seniors to speak to 8th and 9th grade students about the importance of all kinds of adolescent issues, but especially promoting sexual abstinence in the teen years. We use high school role models who are high profile in the community to impact the junior high students. The peer leaders receive training early in the fall semester, then go into the 8th grade health classes for 3 sessions to talk about decision making, risk taking, having goals in life, healthy dating relationships, the media's impact on youth attitudes, and the importance of abstinence with regard to their physical and emotional health. We fund Project WIN through a grant called Project Respect administered through the Indiana Dept. of Health.
2. We have a program called GAP (Guides Advising Peers) to help transition the 8th graders into the high school. Every incoming 8th grader is assigned to a junior or senior guide who meets with them in the spring and gives them a personal tour of the high school, communicates with them over the summer, greets them the first day of school their freshman year, and maintains contact throughout the fall semester.
Contact
Becky Stuckey
rstuckey@hp.nknox.k12.in.us
North Montgomery Community School Corporation
Northridge Middle School
Our high school, North Montgomery HS, has students available to assist at the middle school working with students in the classrooms. Middle school teachers let me know if they would like to have a HS student one period a day in their classroom. The high school coordinates which students are available to come when.Contact
Nikki Zachery, Director of Student Services
Northwest Allen County Schools
Carroll High School
We have a homeroom system that attaches a student to the same teacher for their high school career. Students are randomly assigned to teachers so that students get to know classmates that they might never get to know otherwise and stay with them for 4 years and with the same teacher.Contact
Kathy Lepper, Guidance Director/Counselor
Kathy.Lepper@nacs.k12.in.us
3701 Carroll Rd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46818
Voice: 260-637-6913 X 3313
fax: 260-637-8356
Peru Community Schools
Peru High School
Peers Educating Peers
The mentors are senior high students. The mentees are the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. We are in the 3rd year of this program.Contact
Gail Berkheiser
Plainfield Community School Corporation
Plainfield High School
We have 11 at-risk seniors working with 10 community business leaders.Contact
Eric Hougland, Assistant. Principal
Plainfield High School
317-839-7711
Richland-Bean Blossom CSC
Edgewood Junior High School and Edgewood High School
Program: School Bigs Mentoring Program (run through Big Brothers/Sisters)
Program matches identified students to meet with mentor for about an hour each week during the school day. Volunteers are community volunteers. Big Brothers/Sisters recruits, screens, etc.Contact
Jim Rubush, Assistant Superintendent
812-876-7100
Richmond Community Schools
Peer Information Center for Teens, Inc.
2002 NPHA Peer Program of the Year
First NPHA Certified Peer ProgramPeer Information Center for Teens, Inc. Peer Helper Program has worked in close collaboration with Whitewater Valley United Way, the Richmond Community Schools, the Partnership for a Drug-Free Wayne County, and many area and state agencies, foundations, and organizations since 1986. PICT Peer Helpers serve everyone who asks for help or is referred for help by school counselors, teachers, administrators, and the police, and students referred by their parents. They assist with problem solving, connecting with appropriate referral agencies, obtaining accurate information, or achieving management of conflicts. Peer Helpers receive continuous support and supervision. Strict confidentiality is observed except in life threatening situations, when referrals are made. PICT is provided facilities in Richmond High School. Local human service agencies furnish 15-20 professionals every year to prepare the 30-50 Peer Helper trainees for crisis topics encountered by youth. PICT targets high-risk classrooms, Title One Schools, and after school youth groups for prevention education activities. 65-7O% of the 3500 children served per year (of 6000+ available) are at high risk.
The PICT curriculum is well grounded in adolescent research. It fulfills or provides 37 of the 4O Developmental Assets identified by the Search Institute. It conforms to the American School Counselor Association statement on peer helping. It adheres to the National Peer Helper Association Ethics and Standards. The training is interactive, experiential, inclusive, stimulating, fun, and receives a full elective credit. The PICT Peer Helpers are chosen by recommendation of peers and adults for honesty, integrity, empathy, sensitivity, dependability, the ability to keep confidentiality, a sense of humor, and a desire to help their peers. All segments of the student body are represented. There is no grade point requirement. Special education students have been PICT Peer Helpers from the beginning. For ten years all activities have been planned on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Stephen Covey) and the 40 Developmental Assets of the Search Institute.
Contact
Sue Routson
SRoutson@rcs.k12.in.us
Rossville Consolidated School District
Rossville Middle-High School
We have a Peer Tutoring program for our students. Students in this program are grades 10-12. They tutor students in grades K-12.Contact
Chylene Price, Director of Guidance
Salem Community Schools
Salem High School
Salem High School has a freshman mentoring program in which groups of incoming students are matched with a mentoring team of 4 upperclassmen. The mentors lead on an all-day orientation camp at the beginning of the year for all the freshmen and then work on service projects with their team of freshmen throughout the year.Contacts
Cathy Huey and Judy Matthews
chuey@salemschools.com
jmatthews@salemschools.com
Scott County School District 1
Austin High School
Austin High School has a program managed by the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program called High Five in which high school students are paired with elementary school students and visit them one day a week during their study hall.Contact
Angie Rathert, School Counselor
Austin High School
Scott County School District 2
Vienna-Finley Elementary School
Vienna-Finley Elementary School currently has 15 high school students who are "High Five" "bigs" with BB/BS who come once a week to meet with an elementary student. Scottsburg Elementary also has this program, but I am unsure how many students are involved.Johnson and Lexington Elemenary Schools are starting an adult mentor program. Last year Lexington Elementary School had three adult mentors. This year, I'm partnering with a local business which will allow it's workers to stay on the clock and be paid for coming to the elementary schools, so we plan to have up to 20 adults after Christmas.
Vienna-Finley and Scottsburg Elementary Schools
I work as an elementary school counselor in Scott County School District 2. We are continuing the High Five Program that partners with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Scott County matching Scottsburg High School students with 1st - 5th grade students at Vienna-Finley and Scottsburg Elementary Schools.A new program that is in the works for this school year is the Lunch Buddy Program at Scottsburg Middle School. Our Scott County Family Resource Center is recruiting adults to volunteer and be trained to come to the middle school once a week to eat lunch with a group of three students. During the lunch time, the adult will lead activities, discussion, etc. to promote improved school performance and social skills, plus build rapport and communication skills.
Contact
Susan Anderson
SAnderson@SCSD2.K12.IN.US
South Bend Community School Corporation
Dream Team Mentoring Program
The Dream Team Mentoring Program began in 1994 as an educational partnership between interested citizens and the SBCSC. Its mission is to help elementary students who are experiencing academic and/or social difficulties. Mentoring means "getting to know another individual and then acting as a support to that person."
Any adult wishing to make a positive difference in the life of a child can be a mentor. Mentors will be asked to volunteer one (1) hour per week. For the safety and protection of all children, a completed application form must be submitted to the advisory board giving permission for criminal investigation. The acceptance of mentors will depend on information revealed by the criminal investigation and is at the discretion of the advisory board. Potential mentors are required to attend a one (1) hour training session provided by Mr. William Przybysz, former principal of Adams High School.Contact
Christine Pochert, substance abuse prevention coordinator
574-283-7591
South Bend Community School Corporation
635 S. Main St.
South Bend, IN 46601
Southeast Dubois County School Corporation
Forest Park Jr-Sr High School
Forest Park Jr-Sr High School has a mentoring program. It is called Prime Time. Students who have earned three D's or an F for either the 4 1/2 week progress report or the 9 week report card are assigned a student mentor/tutor during study hall and in the class where the low grade was earned.Contacts
Dee Ann Wylam, High School Counselor
dwylam@sedubois.k12.in.us
Jim Mehling, High School Math Teacher
South Madison Community School Corporation
Pendleton Heights Middle School
Pendleton Heights Middle School has an after school peer helping program. Pendleton Heights High School Students are trained to be peer tutors and recreational supervisors for middle school students. The program has existed for three years. All middle school students are welcome to participate. It is a voluntary program and cannot be used as a detention or punishment. Middle school students learn to study hard, play fairly and have fun. Approximately 60-75 PHMS and 20 PHHS students benefit by the program. We also have a peer mediation program that trains twenty students to be conflict managers.Contact
Christine McKain, School Counselor
Pendleton Heights Middle School
After School Study Table and Hang Time Program Coordinator
South Montgomery Community School Corporation
Walnut Elementary School
I am starting a peer helper program at one of the elementary schools I serve. The principal and I chose a classroom of 5th graders. The classroom teacher and I are training the students first semester, and they will be working with 4th graders on organizational skills and first graders who need extra help second semester. The students are really excited about this opportunity.Contact
Lenna Schroll, Counselor
Walnut Elementary School.
lschroll@southmont.k12.in.usNew Market Elementary
Name of Program: TALKS Mentoring Program
Description: Our local Youth Service Bureau offers sponsorship of this program in our county schools and purchases books, helps with training mentors, etc. The school counselor serves as the site coordinator. The mentors are volunteers from the community. A mentor and a group of up to three students meet once a week for thirty minutes.765-361-5841
South Ripley Community School Corporation
South Ripley Elementary School
Our elementary school is K-6 and across the road is our junior/senior high school. Tutors walk over from our high school tutor/work with struggling students at our elementary.Contact
Trace Tucker
South Ripley
Southwestern-Jefferson County Con.
Southwestern Elementary School
Peer Mediators for grades 4-5. They help others solve problems without adult intervention.Contact
Mary Ellen Minnick, Counselor
812-866-6200
South Vermillion Community School Corporation
South Vermillion High School
Freshman Mentoring Program – Upper classmen mentor incoming freshmen to increase opportunities for school success.
Spencer-Owen Community Schools
Spencer Elementary School
As the school counselor at Spencer Elementary School (SES) I am working collaboratively with Owen Valley High School on a mentoring program. The “PALS” program utilizes selected upper class students to spend one hour per day, five days per week, with elementary students working on academics, social issues, and interpersonal skills.Contact
Robert Slisz
SES Counselor
812-829-2253
rslisz@indiana.edu
Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation
Tell City Junior High School
Tell City Junior High School's mentoring program is called "Beacon Buddies, Mentoring for the Mind." The name was generated from a student when we had a contest here at school. It follows the theme of our SIP "Preparing for New Horizons:" with a lighthouse being our "symbol." The mentees are students who would be considered "at risk" particularly students who might or would have trouble passing the ISTEP+ test. They meet with their mentor, a community volunteer, one time a week for approximately 45 minutes here at school. We have worked in cooperation with the local Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for screenings. However, this program is under the auspices of the school, not BB/BS. We have found it to be successful and all mentors and mentees were recoginzed at the end of school last year in our PRIDE Session for student recognition. We are just beginning our second year and look forward to another great experience for all.Contact
Cindia Ress, School Counselor
cress@tellcity.k12.in.us
Valparaiso Community Schools
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
We have several forms of mentoring programs going on at our school this year. Some are brand new, others are more well-established.
This is the first year the middle schools in our district have implemented the CASS Program (Creating a Safe School) which is a part of the Ophelia Project (based in Washington D.C.) This is geared toward minimizing aggression in all forms in our schools. Students are taught how to stand up for other students when they see various forms of relational, verbal, or physical aggression going on. High school mentors were trained over the summer by a crew of trained staff members. We, the facilitating staff members, supervise the high school mentors as they do hour-long sessions with 6th and 7th grade students once per month. Here the middle schoolers learn how to be introspective about the type of friend they are and how they can be a "better friend" and create better peer relations with others in their school. We don't expect everyone to be best friends...the name of the game is RESPECT! This project has been a huge endeavor, requiring the support of the staff/faculty, administration, and community. Parent groups are also involved with reading circles, etc. to reinforce at home the ideas the kids are learning in school.
We also host a mentoring program sponsored by a local mental health agency. The agency sends a therapist who has trained a group of high school girls to use art as a mentoring tool with at-risk middle school girls. We have seen this blossom with great connections for some of our toughest middle school girls!Contact
Jennifer Caister, Counselor
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Valparaiso Community Schools
Warrick County School Corporation
Castle High School
We have a Mentor Program at Castle High School, Newburgh, Indiana. We choose seniors to act as mentors for the freshmen. The Senior Mentors plan and are responsible for running our freshman orientation just before school starts. We have about 80 mentors who are divided into 15 different teams. Each mentor team is assigned a group of about 30 freshmen for the orientation, and then the mentor teams continue to meet with this same group of freshmen throughout the school year. The mentors are required to attend a training session during the summer. A team from a company called “Freshmen Solutions” comes to do the training. We have had great success with this program which we have been doing for the last three years.Contact
Sandy Mellis, Senior Counselor
Castle High School
Westfield-Washington Schools
Shamrock Springs Elementary School
1) Adopt-A-Friend Program - Caring adults are placed with at-risk students and connect with them on a regular basis. Mentors include staff members, district administrators, and community members.
2) Peer Leader Program - 4th grade students from each classroom are nominated by there peers and serve as conflict managers on the playground.Contact
Betsy Smith, Counselor
317-867-7406
smithb@wws.k12.in.us
Whitley County Consolidated Schools
Columbia City High School
At Columbia City High School, we run a Freshman Mentor Program. All freshman are required to enroll in this program. We have 12 classroom teachers who serve as mentors.Contact
Alissa Roberts
Zionsville Community Schools
Zionsville Community High School
We have set up a mentoring program with volunteer teachers and administrators and counselors. The kids come from referrals from parents, teachers and Child Study Team referrals. The adults meet with the kids for 10 minutes or so a week just to have another adult at school that the kid can get to know and who will check in on him or her on a weekly basis.Contact
Dr. Lori Eberwein, Director of Guidance
Zionsville Community High School
1000 Mulberry St.
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3355 x 12992
Local Research/Data for Mentoring Programs
ICPAC
ICPAC has information about the number and characteristics of high school students who seek mentors. The ICPAC database can profile schools or provide names and addresses of students who seek mentors.
http://icpac.indiana.edu/
Toll-free: 800-992-2076
DreamWorks-Hawthorne Elementary School (Elkhart, IN)
I am involved with a longitudinal study of a mentoring program at Hawthorne
Elementary School in Elkhart, Indiana. The name of the program, DreamsWork,
began two years ago, and chooses fourth graders to follow with mentors
throughout their school years in Elkhart. Upon graduation if the students
have maintained a C average and are drug/alcohol free, they can continue
with higher education (college, university, technical, etc.) paid for by
the DreamsWork Foundation. It's a wonderful program, as Hawthorne is one
of the lowest socioeconomic schools in this area.
Contact
John and Sherry Weaver
2420 Kirby
Elkhart, IN
46514, 574-294-1797
Connie Deuschle, PhD
Indiana University South Bend
cdeuschl@iusb.edu
