RAISE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM

Over the past 6 months, a group of year 8 students participated in the Raise Youth Mentoring Program. Every Wednesday, they would work with an external mentor to develop their skills in a wide variety of areas. It was really pleasing to see the connection that our students formed with their mentors and each other that will hold them in good stead for the future. Last week, our students celebrated their graduation from the program and celebrated their achievements and dedication over the past 6 months. We also thank the mentors, who dedicated a their time over this 6 month period to support our students and the Raise Foundation for implementing this program within our school.

From a Student

During this program, I increased my knowledge and skill on everyday life skills such as using our voice, expressing emotion and much more. While doing RAISE I enjoyed spending time with my mentor every Wednesday morning and learning new things that I hadn't learnt before or building more of an understanding of what I still need to learn.  my knowledge of general skills that I still had an understanding of. Learning about voice and more social skills and one of my favourite parts of the lesson was checking where on the tree my emotion was for that day. I looked forward to learning new skills each week and had a great time.