Everybody Wins! Mentoring
Everybody Wins! is about relationships! Mentors are matched with mentees that have similar interests, so the friendships that grow over time become meaningful and rewarding for both the mentor and mentee. Just read the 2016-2017 survey results below to see how important this hour a week is to our mentors, our youth and our school community!
Survey says...
The top two reasons mentors enjoy everybody wins! At Twinfield are:
#1 spending time with my student
#2 helping the school and community
100% of mentors agree or highly agree that participating in Everybody wins! Helps me to stay in tune with what is happening in my community’s school
85% of mentors report that their mentees improved or greatly improved their ability to discuss books and ideas.
#1 spending time with my student
#2 helping the school and community
100% of mentors agree or highly agree that participating in Everybody wins! Helps me to stay in tune with what is happening in my community’s school
85% of mentors report that their mentees improved or greatly improved their ability to discuss books and ideas.
100% of mentees report-
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Click here to read what other EW mentors have to say about mentoring
Twinfield Together Mentoring Program has partnered with Everybody Wins! Vermont to bring the Everybody Wins! program model to Twinfield Union School. To learn more about Everybody Wins! Vermont click on the icon.
Weekly Reading
Through our Power Breakfast and Power Lunch programs, adult volunteers are paired with students in kindergarten through fifth grade to promote reading for pleasure, to build the children’s self-confidence and enhance their self-esteem, and to serve as caring role models. The pairs meet weekly to share books, play games and develop lasting relationships. The commitment follows the school year schedule
Reading times for the 2017-2018 school year:
Tuesday Lunch: 11:00-12:00 or 12:00-1:00 (depending on the age of the child)
Wednesday Breakfast: 8:15-9:00
Wednesday Lunch: 11:00-12:00 or 12:00-1:00 (depending on the age of the child)
Through our Power Breakfast and Power Lunch programs, adult volunteers are paired with students in kindergarten through fifth grade to promote reading for pleasure, to build the children’s self-confidence and enhance their self-esteem, and to serve as caring role models. The pairs meet weekly to share books, play games and develop lasting relationships. The commitment follows the school year schedule
Reading times for the 2017-2018 school year:
Tuesday Lunch: 11:00-12:00 or 12:00-1:00 (depending on the age of the child)
Wednesday Breakfast: 8:15-9:00
Wednesday Lunch: 11:00-12:00 or 12:00-1:00 (depending on the age of the child)
Gift Books
Gift books will be given to students twice a year to ensure that all children have books to call their own, allowing them to read more often for pleasure.
Literacy Event
A literacy event is held each year so parents will have a chance to meet their children’s reading mentors and to promote the importance of literacy skills for children to succeed in school.
Summer Pen Pals
Mentors and mentees make postcards so they can keep in touch over the summer.
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What Other Mentors have to say about Everybody Wins!
Click here to read what other mentors have to say about their experience being a mentor with Everybody Wins! |
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End of the year Breakfast Celebration
On June 3rd Everybody Wins! mentors, mentees and families came together to celebrate a wonderful year of reading together. We made bookmarks to use for our summer reading, and decorated postcards to keep in touch over the summer. |
