Town Creek FLOW Shares Talents

This year many of our elementary FLOW programs did an activity we called "Sharing Talents". In this activity, each mentor/mentee pair identified something that the mentee is particularly good at and enjoys doing. They then worked together to create a plan for presenting this skill or activity to the rest of the group, the idea being that the mentee would have a chance to "teach" the rest of the group. This was a wonderful way for mentees to showcase who they are as well as gain some practice in presenting. Below are a few pictures of the Town Creek Elementary FLOW program sharing their talents!

A mentee (with the support of his mentor) teaches the rest of the group how to do a magic trick.

Another mentee teaches the other kids and mentors how to play the card game Crazy Eights.

This mentee is showing the group how to make the perfect turkey/mustard/cheese/pickle sandwich!

K-9 Officers Visit Esperanza and Leonardtown Middle!

In late March Sgt. Edward Evans and his colleagues, who serve as K-9 Officers with the St. Mary's County Sherriff Office, very generously took time out of their schedules to visit the Esperanza and Leonardtown Middle School FLOW Mentoring Programs. 

After a PowerPoint presentation that gave the students background information on how police dogs are trained and utilized, the officers took the group outside and gave them a live demonstration with the dogs. They showed them how the dogs follow commands, including tracking and retrieving crime-related evidence and attacking dangerous suspects. Needless to say, the presentations were exciting as well as informative for our mentees, and we are extremely thankful to Sgt. Evans for sharing his work with our FLOW programs.

The K-9 officers introduce one of the police dogs.

Sgt. Evans with a FLOW Mentee.

The Leonardtown Middle FLOW program with Sgt. Evans and his colleagues.

Snapshots from FLOW!

The L.M. Dent FLOW program in their new t-shirts!

Flying kites at Lexington Park Elementary.

Dyeing Easter eggs at Piney Point Elementary.

Mentors help their mentees through a "Blind" Obstacle Course at the Chesapeake Charter School. Here a mentor directs her mentee as he tries to get the balls into the buckets.

A mentor serves as her mentee's eyes as he goes through the obstacle course.

Mentors and mentees build birdhouses at G.W. Carver Elementary as part of their Green School efforts.

Mentors and mentees hanging the birdhouses at Carver Elementary.

A mentor and her mentee create a "Peep Show" diorama at Mechanicsville Elementary - inspired by the Washington Post Peep Show contest.

A finished Peep Show!

Shooting hoops at White Marsh Elementary.

A mentor and mentee design their own kite at L.M. Dent Elementary.

Putting the kites together at L.M. Dent.

Cleaning up the school grounds at Piney Point Elementary.

Showing off their FLOW t-shirts at Town Creek Elementary!

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