Teen Literacy Mentoring

The Teen Literacy Mentoring program pairs high school mentors with students in grade 1-6 for one-on-one sessions once a week for 70-minute sessions. During these sessions, mentors help with academic tasks, homework, and school projects, fostering a positive, developmental relationship through fun and engaging activities. The sessions are monitored by agency staff, ensuring support is always available. 

Teen Literacy Mentoring allows high school students to make a meaningful impact in their community while gaining valuable personal and professional benefits. The program fosters close connections between mentors and mentees, creating a rewarding experience for both. In addition to supporting younger students, high school mentors benefit by earning community service hours, enhancing their resumes with meaningful volunteer experience and reference letters, exploring creative expression, and developing valuable career skills and self-growth. 

An ideal high-school volunteer;

• attends high school in Oxford County,
• is able to meet with their mentee at a local public school,
• is interested in working with children and young people in the community,
• is committed to volunteering for the school year, 
• is creative and able to engage their mentee in a tutoring environment,
• is looking to develop a meaningful relationship with a young person.