Mentoring
Mentoring
At La Salle it is fundamental to our mission to develop individuals motivated to achieve their goals in the future.
We approach student development with a structured Mentor Program carefully planned over a student’s four years at La Salle.
In 9th grade the focus is on helping students develop the skills they need to be successful in our diverse educational environment.
Our mentoring program focuses on providing students with the tools they need to help adjust to the rigorous work of the high school classroom, develop the skills to collaborate effectively with an entirely new group of peers, and provide students with the foundation to develop independent financial management skills with instruction in basic financial literacy.
Mentor Program
- Planning & Organization for High School
- Conflict Resolution Skills
- Financial Literacy: Introduction to Banking
- Introduction to College & Career Planning
In a student’s 10th grade year, the focus moves on from addressing the transition to high school to starting to identify opportunities for personal growth.
In the mentoring program students spend the year examining their own interactions with peers, with their devices, and how effectively they develop as individuals. A highlight of the year is the Career Exploration Road Trip where students begin examining their interests and identifying the academic pathways required for a variety of career options. Significant emphasis is placed on helping students develop the skills and portfolio of work required to secure opportunities for employment, internships or volunteer positions in the community.
Mentor Program
- Social Connections, Individual Motivation & the Pitfalls of Screentime
- I-Statements
- Building Your Extra-Curricular Resume
- Career Exploration Road Trip
The 11th grade year is a turning point, students are more than halfway through their high school experience and must begin to plan for the next phase in their journey to adulthood.
With that in mind the mentoring program is designed to support student decision-making and stress management. In this year students will be taking SAT/ACTs, identifying good-fit colleges, and working hard to produce their best work for the Junior Year transcript. It is important that students learn how to prioritize competing and conflicting demands on their time all while trying to figure out what they plan to do after they graduate.
Mentor Program
- Anxiety & Stress Management
- Comfort with Conflict
- Financial Aid & Paying for College
- Guest Speakers, College Visits, & Career Day
To end their years at La Salle our students, mentors and teachers focus on developing the skills they need to enter the world as independent adults.
The first half of the senior year mentoring program is designed to support students with the college application and career planning process. From there, most students enter a period of waiting and our mentoring program pivots to begin the process of providing students with strategies for addressing moments of failure as an adult. We end the year with robust financial literacy and debt management instruction as students prepare for graduation.
Mentor Program
- Coping with Failure
- Credit Cards & Debt
- College Applications Workshops-The UC & Common App Processes
- Preparing for Graduation
