St. Mary's County K-9 Unit
Visits Middle School FLOW
Corporal Todd Fleenor and his team of canine handlers and police dogs came to visit the FLOW middle school programs in March. FLOW mentors and mentees witnessed a demonstration of the attack and search skills of several of the dogs. They also learned about the process of training these highly specialized animals, most of whom respond to commands only in Czech. While no one was permitted to touch the dogs while they were at work, the unit's very friendly bloodhound was brought out for a visit at the end.
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Congratulations to
Esperanza MS FLOW
The Esperanza Middle School FLOW participants raised almost $300 to donate to the Relay for Life event to be held at Leonardtown High School in June. Students sold homemade baked goods outside the cafeteria for several consecutive days earlier this month.
Congratulations to the mentees and mentors at Esperanza for their commitment and hard work in making this happen!
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SAVE THE DATE!
Monday, June 4 at 5pmFLOW Site Leader & Mentor Appreciation Reception
and the SMCPS Volunteer Recognition Ceremony
We truly appreciate all that our FLOW site leaders and mentors do for their mentees during the school year.
Please come out and let us honor you! And celebrate with us the end of another great year for FLOW. Monday, June 4th, 5PM Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center |
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FLOW Mentoring
In Action
Mechanicsville Elementary FLOW:
field trip to PAX River
 
 
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Dynard Elementary: Planting trees for their
Green School program
 
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Benjamin Banneker Elementary: creating rice cake bird feeders; trip to Chopticon High to see CSI: Neverland;
"Minute to Win It" day, rocket challenge, and marshmallow igloos
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Mentoring in the News
Michelle Obama Speaks about the White House Mentoring Program in MORE magazine The first lady is behind the innovative White House mentoring program, which taps White House staffers to mentor local high school girls, teaching them how to network by providing them cozy access to the administration's vast brain trust. click here to read more Grad Nation March Summit Focuses on Increasing Graduation Rates "Because educational achievement stems from healthy development, we must continue to create structures that introduce and support quality relationships into the lives of young people and connect the adults in their various contexts to support them in their development so they can push the bounds of their potential. When this holistic, relationship-centered approach is pursued, as highlighted by Grad Nation, it is possible to make huge gains in educational attainment collectively." -- MENTOR's Chief Executive Officer, David Shapiro click here to read more Loving Relationships and Education Reform Dan Cardinali, President of Communities in Schools, writes for The Huffington Post about the importance of and capacity to build trusting relationships with students. click here to read more Videos from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership http://www.youtube.com/user/mentoringorg |
