November 2011

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FLOW Mentoring Newsletter
St. Mary's County Public Schools 

 

 The mission of the Future Leaders of the World (FLOW) Mentoring Program is to foster positive mentoring relationships between students in St. Mary's County Public Schools and members of the community and to provide supported, safe, and inspiring environments in which these matches can cultivate the potential of each youth.
 
In This Issue
FLOW In Action
Openings for Mentors
Meet our FLOW Intern!
Mentoring in the News
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Hello to all our FLOW friends and family! 

 

We are happy to report that FLOW is in full swing in St. Mary's County Public Schools!  Mentors and mentees have spent the past month getting to know one another better and busying themselves in a wide range of activities, games and seasonal festivities.   

 

As we look toward Thanksgiving, we want to express our great thanks to our talented site leaders and mentors who are giving so much of their time, energy, and good will to our mentees and the FLOW Mentoring program.  We are so grateful for you!        

 

 

FLOW in Action  

  

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Lettie Marshall Dent ES FLOW Thanks our Veterans!



Dynard Elementary FLOW makes bird feeders.

Pumpkin painting at Mechanicsville Elementary FLOW!
 

Pumpkin painting at G.W. Carver Elementary FLOW!



 
Mentor and mentee teams at Mechanicsville Elementary.
   
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Pumpkin carving at Piney Point Elementary FLOW!

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FLOW at Park Hall Elementary

  
FLOW at Leonardtown Middle




Openings for Mentors  

 

It's Not Too Late! 

 

It's not too late to become a mentor and to join in the fun!

We still have openings at the following schools:

 

SCHOOL

Meeting Time

# of Openings

Chesapeake Public Charter 

Mon  3:00 - 4:30

2

Dynard E.S.

Mon  3:45 - 5:15

2 

Mechanicsville E.S.

Tues  3:45 - 5:15

3 

Oakville E.S.

Thurs  4:00 - 5:30

5 

Park Hall E.S.

Wed  4:00 - 5:30

3 (male mentors) 

White Marsh E.S.

Wed  4:00 - 5:30

1  

Fairlead Academy

flexible

Unlimited         

oMeet our FLOW Intern! 
Kristin
 Hi! I'm Kristin and I am I am really excited to be the FLOW intern for the 2011-2012 academic year.  I am from Frederick County and am a senior at St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM), majoring in Psychology and minoring in Math and Philosophy.  I have enjoyed being a mentor within the FLOW mentoring program for the past couple of years and consider it one of the most worthwhile things I have done during college.  I have been lucky to be able to maintain a mentoring relationship with my mentee through her 4th and 5th grade years and now in her 6th grade year in middle school.  Instead of meeting with her afterschool (like I did when she was in elementary school), I go during her lunch and recess period.  I also began a new mentor relationship with a 4th grade student this year, which has been really fun.  I am hoping that through being the FLOW intern I am able to get other SMCM students interested and involved in the program. 


 

Mentoring In the News

 

2011 Summer Symposium on Mentoring Research 

Watch video presentations of a number of featured researchers in the field of youth mentoring and their findings on mentoring relationships.   

click here to read more  

 

 

Mentoring in the Lives of American Celebrities

Some of America's most prominent people discuss mentors in their lives.  Listen, watch or read interviews with celebrities as they talk about those who supported them in their youth.   



Big Brothers Big Sisters Presents The Start of Something Web Series
A unique multiple-episode social media reality documentary sheds light on how the nation's largest mentoring network carefully partners with families, volunteers and communities to help children and teens overcome adversity to drive achievement in school and succeed in life.  click here to read more

   

 
     
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Make a Difference-Become a Mentor!
If you would like to learn more about FLOW Mentoring, or are interested in becoming a mentor, please visit our website at: www.smcps.org/ccr/mentor or contact Sarah Tyson at the address below.

In gratitude,
Your FLOW Mentoring team   

FLOW Mentoring
St. Mary's County Public Schools
Department of College and Career Readiness
24005 Point Lookout Road
Leonardtown, MD  20650 
Phone: 301-475-0242 x.148  
Fax: 301-475-0245