Under The Wing

Staff Advisor: Alyssa Boutelle

aboutelle@sasd.net

This is a mentoring program that seeks to match high need middle grade students with vetted high school student mentors who have been trained in mandated reporting and trauma sensitive practices. The mentors spend approximately one hour a week checking in with the middle schoolers not only to support them academically, but socially and emotionally as well. The focus is on establishing safe, trusting mentoring relationships in which personal identity, self-esteem and confidence can grow. The student mentors are provided with supervision and support by the School Social Workers at Horace Mann Middle School and South High School.