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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
-- Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
"Mother of the Environmental Movement"
This quote keeps me energized about mentoring.
Hope it does the same for you.
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RISE TO THE CHALLENGE!
News from Great Mills High School
Last month the FLOW/Basketball 4 LYFE group of Great Mills High School put on a big RISE TO THE CHALLENGE event. Families, youth, members of the school system and military all came together in support of wounded soldiers, military personnel and veterans and began the event with a fun NAVY (PAX River) vs. St. Mary's County Public School game. RISE TO THE CHALLENGE was organized to raise education awareness in Southern Maryland. Representatives from various post-high school institutions were there to talk with students about their programs (institutions included: St. Mary's College of Maryland, John Hopkins, Bowie State, College of Southern Maryland, the Marines, George Washington, Year Up, Georgetown, etc.) The pictures below include photos of the game and FLOW/Basketball 4 LYFE group, as well as some of the event's volunteers.
Congratulations on a great event!
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WHAT IS FLOW?
WATCH THE LES VIDEO TO FIND OUT!
Site Leaders Evelyn Sweeney and Maggie Giles and their `FLOW Group at Leonardtown Elementary School produced a wonderful short video about FLOW Mentoring. In it, the mentors and mentees ask and answer questions about what FLOW means, what it involves, and what they like about weekly sessions.
Please click on the link below which will take you to the video on the FLOW Mentoring webpage:
FLOW VIDEOThank you, LES FLOW, for a fabulous video project!
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FLOW Mentoring in Action
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Chesapeake Public Charter School
The FLOW group made jump ropes from plarn (plastic yarn), created from cut up garbage bags.
    
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OES FLOW did some new and exciting things this past month...
Miss Kristin, a Zumba Instructor, visited the group and led them through a Zumbatomic performance on stage. Another session, the group made kale salad; some of the students tried kale and red pepper for the first time - and liked it!
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Greenview Knolls Elementary
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Dynard Elementary
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Federal Support for Quality Programs
In two separate letters, leaders of national youth mentoring organizations, as well as members of the U.S. House of Representatives, have asked that $100 million be included in the federal fiscal year 2014 budget for the U.S. Department of Justice's Youth Mentoring Grants program.
For more information about why funding for these programs is so critical, read the Mentor: National Mentoring Partnership's
The Numbers Add Up!
The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, a MENTOR affiliate, just released new data from a survey of 74 mentoring programs across the state."Minnesota is a strong mentoring state. We are proud there are 41,000 mentors and nearly 200,000 youth being mentored across the state. We've seen time and again that both youth and adults benefit from quality mentoring relationships," said Joellen Gonder-Spacek, executive director of the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota (MPM). "However, there is a great need in our state for more adults, men in particular, to serve as mentors to the youth in our communities."
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BECOME A MENTOR for 2013-2014
We need you.
They need you.
How can I apply?
We are recruiting now for the 2013-14 school year!
To apply to become a Mentor please complete and return a FLOW Mentoring Mentor Application and a SMCPS Volunteer Application. Please click on the links below to view printable versions of each application.
When you have completed both applications, please mail, fax, or email the applications to:
Sarah R. Tyson, FLOW Mentoring IRT FLOW Office Location: Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center 24005 Point Lookout Road Leonardtown, MD 20650 Phone: 301-475-0242 ext. 148 Fax: 301-475-0245 srtyson@smcps.org
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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
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