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Mustang M entors guide freshm n through their first days of high school. by Sydni Bechler

Watching all of the freshmen pile throw the doors the these very responsible juniors and seniors.
2012 -2013 mustang mentors take a deep breath and "What I love about being a mentor is that it's a good
get ready to show them the ropes. Mustang mentors opportunity to hove o leodershp role in the school and
hove been trained and ore excited to toke on the role to e the p rson who you wish you had been as a fresh-
of ''mentor'' Remernb!'ll ini.J lh~il fir d r.,w dt;~y of hi h m n coming Into Milford North. Also llovo my freshmen,
school in5pires thes mentors to help oul ar1d do !heir I couldn't hov !'l ask d foro bGtt r group of ktds , " junior
best in showing the freshmen how to make high school Halle Magid said.
fou r years to remember. Being a mustang mentor is a privlage that you have to
·As a mustang mentor I get opportunity to freshmen earn and are reworded with. To apply to be a mustang
things I didn't get to learn when I was a freshmen It's mentor you have to fill out a unique application full of
also fun to see how they change within their first year unusual questions such as, list as many ways that you con
of high school ,'' senior K ylie Kirshenbaum said. think of to use a blanket and a brick. Studnet take there
After the freshmen settle down and get used to the free time and fill out these application and submit them
big school , they just meet with their assigned mustang to the counciling office. Alter turning in the opplicaiton
mentors each friday for short period of time. The the students receive letter saying that they have mode it
mustang mentors do activities with their student. They to the next stage, the interview process . They toke turns
help the freshmen before finals and try and teach them interviewing with Mrs Therkelsen and Mr Schettler. AI-
how to priorities their time so that they can be the best ter this extensive process the student will recieve another
student that they can be. Being role models and teach - letter stating whether or not they hove been granted
ing the freshmen about life and moral is the main job of honor of being a mustang mentor .
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ON THE EDGE Being suspended above the ground, attached to
the high ropes, is ore group of Mustang Mentors at the fall retreat
At lhe retreat lhe mentors, along with going on the high ropes
course , potcipoted in leadership and team building activities. photo
contributed by Jodi Therkelsen

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BEGINNINGS Posing for a picture in front of their incoming LESSONS Senior Collin MacDonald helps freshman Sami Mazzaw i
freshmen are junior Christine Altilio and senior Alissa M cMahon. during one of the lessons 1n Mustang Time. During the class the freshmen
"Giving the freshmen a day by themselves without all the upper- hod to draw a picture on the board. hop on one foot. and bolance a
classmen is really helpful because it gives them o chance to adjust ," bolloon to leach them that they must concentrate on one task at a lime
Alt1lio said photo by Modi Weaver to gain success. photo by Varsh Krishnan