•September 19, 2018•

By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300

At Sullivan Middle School, we currently have 26 seventh and eighth grade students serving as Classroom Mentors.
Students interested in participating in the Classroom Mentor program complete an application and go through a selection process. For those who are selected, students spend about 40 minutes daily in an elementary school classroom.
These students provide assistance to both teachers and students. Middle school students can be found performing all sorts of tasks.
I have observed these Classroom Mentors reading to elementary students just outside of their respective classrooms or listening to elementary students read, while helping them with difficult words. I have witnessed these students reviewing math facts on an individual basis or seated among a group of elementary students engaging them in a lesson.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.