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Melissa Gowen, 12 ... --:

MMP .. ----•

Second Year Mentor .. --.

"My favorite port about be-
ing a mentor was becoming
friends with the freshmen. we•------:
joked around together, and
they looked up to me.
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A. Senior Katelyn Walter
quizzes her freshmen
ove r the 7 Hab its . "I
found it rea ll y reward-
ing to help my freshmen
through th eir first yea r of
hi gh school and watch
th em ex peri ence all it
has to offer," Walter
said. photo by Brittan y
Reese B. junior Kati e
Lawlor parti cipates in
the "flying squirrel"
activity at an ail-day
retreat. "It was rea lly
sca ry at first, but when it
was over, I just wa nted
to do it aga in !" Lawlor
sa id. photo contributed
by Katie Lawlor

Mustang Mentoring Program allowed upperclassmen to share their wisdom with freshmen.

While some students spent their Monday mornings enjoy- After being se lected as a mentor, students were ex-
ing an additional hour of sleep, 78 juniors and seniors gathered pected to attend an all -day leadership workshop during
the energy to make it to school for a 7:30a.m. meeting. Those the summer to learn about th e core of the program, Th e
devoted upperclassmen were the Mustang Mentors. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers, a book written by
"The worst part of MMP was waking up early on Monday Sean Covey.
mornings while everyone else was sleepin g. But in the end it was "During Mustang Time we incorporated activities,
definitely worth all the time and effort!" senior Kelli Kirkendall movies and demonstrations to discuss the Habits and to
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sa id . help the freshmen become successful, productive hi gh
The Mustang Mentoring Program was implemented two years school students ," Kirkendall sa id.
ago as a means to help fres hmen better adapt to high school life. one goal to accompli sh: to help freshmen successf ully •
Stud ents who chose to be involved in the program had
ln ordertobecome
teach transition into high school.
a mentor, students
had to go through an
"I felt like I was a freshman twice. I was a freshman at·
Skutt and then transferred to Millard North ; I had to start
extensive applica ti on
and interview pro-
all over. It was a little scary, and I wanted to tea ch the
cess .
learn "Mentors had to fres hmen here what I had learned," senior Brittany Ford
said.
Although being a mentor took hours of planning, in-
fill out a detailed
tense co mmitment, and huge respon sibilities outside of Mus-
application and go
through an interview
tang Time, the reward for all the hard work was seen through
grow the significant changes in the freshmen.
with at least two of us
[counse lors]. It was
"The best part about being a mentor was being able to form
a rigorous se lection
rel ationships with the freshmen. I think we helped make them
process," sponsor loel fe el more welcome and better adjusted to high sc hool," junior
Schettler sa id. Courtney Kenny sa id .
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