Instill confidence in middle school students by offering an enriched English training and Life Skills program, while encouraging students to collaborate and lead community projects to benefit their neighborhood.
Focus areas:
- Establish trust and build relationships among mentors and mentees
- Learn intermediate English and vocabularies
- Proper grammar (verbal & written)
- Learn how to express thoughts and describe abstract ideas
- Week 1 – Summer
- Week 2 – Facts or Opinions
- Week 3 – Email Writing Training
- Week 4 – The Environment
- Week 5 – Social Media
- Week 6 – Small Acts of Kindness Discussion
- Week 7 – Group Discussion – Innovation Session for Giving Back Projects
- Week 8 – Fun
- Week 9 – Creating a Good Impressions
- Week 10 – Final presentation
- Series of 10 weeks, around 1-hour weekly
- Weekly:
- Students and mentors will meet via Skype, Google Hangouts, etc.
- Student is will write a weekly Com-Link prior to the meeting
- Lesson plans will incorporate modules from Level 1 of AASuccess Life Skill Academy.
- Project: Every student must present for 10 minutes at the end of the program. They can pick their own topic and get approval from their mentor 4 weeks prior to the end of the program.
