Academy Mentor Program Begins Friday!

Good Morning Academy Juniors and welcome back from an unexpected long weekend!  Today we are going to jump into one of the most unique, and in my opinion, powerful experiences the Academy program can offer you.  Our Academy Mentor Program.  Beginning this Friday you will meet with a mentor from our local community 4 times this year.  Those 4 times (if you want to make a note for yourself) will be October 2nd (this Friday), December 4th, January 29th and March 4th.  Similar to last year, these mentor meetings are meant for you to establish a relationship with an adult from our local community who is interested in helping you pursue your goals and dreams.  The 4 mentor meetings will be spent discussing goals and aspirations along with how you plan to achieve them, discussing college and preparing to successfully complete a college application, taking the time to develop a comprehensive resume and discuss different career pathways available to you and, finally, developing professional business etiquette via mock interviews and more.  All of these activities are developed with your success in mind, but, it is important to remember, that you are the one in control of your own success.

With that said, please respond to the following questions thoroughly in a 5-7+ sentence paragraph.  You can and should use your experience from last year to guide your responses:

• What is a mentor in your own words?
• What are your thoughts about being paired with a mentor?
• How do you think that a mentor could help you?  Is there any way you can think of that having a mentor would not help you?
• What would you want in a mentor?  Is there anything specific that you would absolutely want your mentor to help you with?  Think about things that would be appropriate to ask a mentor for.  Is there anything that would be inappropriate to ask your mentor for?
• What are your top 3 goals and aspirations?  How do you plan to achieve them and how could a mentor help with this process?
• What are 3 keys to making a great first impression when you meet your mentor on Friday?
• What else would you want to know about this program before getting started and/or what concerns do you have (if any)?

Thank you for a thorough, thoughtful response ... now I need you to respond to a short survey regarding the program so I can successfully pair you with someone you can/will work well with.  After that, we will discuss this program, specifically how Friday is going to work, in detail.

Survey link: https://goo.gl/DdVqDy