Mentor High School

Every day more than seven thousand students will drop out of school and nearly thirteen million students per year will make this decision for various reasons. (Johnson, Dodor, Woods, & Slack, 2013) These numbers are staggering. As a result of students leaving school prior to high school graduation, they are not adequately prepared for real life. Many of these high school dropouts will suffer financial woes and end up on state and federal services. Johnson, Dodor, Woods, and Slack (2013), state;…

sophomore years my mentor was Mr. Moll. He helped me to become more outgoing and taught me true determination. He made me fall deeply in love with the crazy world of acting. My junior year and senior year in high school I had a new mentor. Her name is Mrs.Hoge. She has taught me leadership and that things can’t always go how I would like them too. I am so grateful for my mentors past and present. I am very excited to find my new mentors and become one of my own. During high school, I have been…

“I’m Kat. It’s very nice to meet you.” This marks the first time I met my mentor, Mrs. Kat Price. In my junior year of high school, I was accepted into my school’s Independent Study mentorship (ISM) program. A program where students have the opportunity to work with a mentor in the career field of their choosing. I had chosen environmental engineering and, after what felt like endless months of searching, I found my mentor. It was one of my only times working with someone whose experiences that…

Teacher Burnout Mr. Michael Baker, a new teacher at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, is faced with the conflicting decision of whether or not it is his place to “blow the whistle” on his co-teacher, mentor, and friend, Mr. Frank Thompson, who has failed to fulfill his teacher obligation of properly educating his history class. This situation can be damaging because although Mr. Thompson’s class is well-known for receiving the highest grades statewide, his students are not actually being…

March Practicum Reflection Collaboration with Mentor The month of March was met with a multitude of reasons for meeting. The first significant reason for meeting was discussion on a school violence incident that took place at Enid High School and Emerson Middle School. On a Thursday night, Enid Police Department was made aware of a social media threat against the school. The threat was reported to be a potential shooting threat against two area schools. As with what is normal with social media,…

Adaptable, Affordable Although I attended free public schools all my life, the institutions I attended placed emphasis on academic success. After being a part of the GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) Program in elementary school, my understanding of academic culture within school was molded. Having been grouped with other GATE students, the facilitators of GATE instilled in us the importance of academic success as expressed through high-achieving grades with all A’s, exemplary descriptive…

professional golfer in the PGA. I was always interested in a variety of sports, but especially golf and basketball. However, as I got older, my interest in golf started to grow. My mentor or critic who guided and helped me accomplish one of my goals was my swing coach, Coach Bong. Most of the time, he is more of a mentor, but there were times where he was also a critic. For example, I used to have a slicing problem with my driver, and the only way to help me get rid of this problem…

Personal Goals I aspire to attend a university and pursue a higher level of education. My parents did not attend college or even finish high school. I want to be the first in my family to pursue a college degree. I started my journey on the first day of high school. I recognized that I had put my academics before anything in order to have a promising future. Through perseverance and dedication, I have earned the title valedictorian which shows that I am motivated to be successful. I…

1) Describe the peer mentor role in your own words. The role of a peer mentor is to help students with their transition from high school to college. You want them to enjoy the college atmosphere. In my case, I was considering to transfer right in the beginning because I just did not like the whole atmosphere. Thanks to my wonderful peer mentor though they reassured me to keep trying to adjust by joining clubs, going to events, and making friends that I would begin to like it here. Once I did…

Before coming to SCTC I had no idea of what I wanted to do after graduating high school. In fact, I was not sure I wanted to attend SCTC at all. I had heard about the programs that were offered and was sort of interested in the Digital Graphic Arts course, but I had not had much experience with art on the computer. I was very good at drawing and painting, so my art teacher suggested that I apply for the program. He made it clear that I could learn many things at SCTC that he would not be able to…