mentoring

The Bay City Independent School District's Mentoring Program began as a pilot program on two campuses in 1991. Today, the program exists on all seven BCISD campuses.

There are many barriers that students face which limit their ability to succeed. Students may have language or economic hardships, or may be doing without resources such as emotional, mental or physical support systems.

The BCISD Mentoring Program is designed to provide mentors for selected students who desperately need individualized attention in order to succeed to their full potential. By providing a positive, one-on-one relationship with an adult role model, just one hour a week, the district has experienced mentored children having more positive feelings about themselves, their classmates, and the value of education.

The Bay City Independent School District is committed to the district-wide effort to keep these children from becoming a dropout statistic.

How do I become a Mentor?

- Complete a standard profile sheet

- Receive a background check

- Attend a short, informative training

Mentors are given the opportunity to select their preference of campuses, day to mentor, time to mentor, gender of the child, ethnicity of the child, as well as the age of the child, they wish to mentor.

Benefits. . .

To you and your organization

- Rewarding and satisfying experiences for your employees

- An investment in tomorrow's leaders, employees and consumers

- Visibility and recognition for valued community service

- Personal satisfaction from making a contribution

- Greater understanding of the quality and needs
of our public schools

. . . To the students

- Higher self-esteem

- Identification with successful role models

- Increased motivation resulting in improved achievement and attendance

. . . To the teachers

- Improved morale

- Assistance in special areas

- Fewer discipline concerns

- Improved classroom grades

. . . To the community

- Strong public school system

- Reduction in the number of dropouts

- Well-prepared work force

- Increased civic cooperation

One hundred years from now, it will not matter

What kind of car I drove,

What kind of house I lived in,

How much money I had in my bank account,

Nor what my clothes looked like,

But the world may be a little better -

Because I was important in the life of a child.

For more information, to volunteer, or to schedule a
presentation to your business or organization about
The Mentoring Program contact:

Bay City Independent School District

Public Information & Communication

2400 4th Street

Pierce Campus

(979) 245-1604

swacker@bcblackcats.net

Campus Liaisons
Bay City High School	Becca Sitz	245-5771
Bay City Junior High	Christa Saha/Mary Anne Harrison	245-6345
McAllister Middle School	Robin Sentell	245-5591
Bay City Middle School	Carolyn Alvarado	245-4864
Cherry Elementary	Sonya Harris	245-6341
Holmes Elementary	Sandra Davis	245-4818
Roberts Elementary	Gail Budaus	245-8331

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