1. “We wear ties on Tuesdays”
JEFF MAY, STUDENT MENTOR
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2.  About 800 PK-5th Grade Students
 Approximately 450 boys at Westside
 74% African American 14% White 12%
Hispanic
 90% Free or Reduced Lunch
 1 out of 3 boys live in single-parent homes

3.  Est. 2014-2015 school year
 Applications
 Academic/behavioral/social incentive
 Teacher support and buy-in
 Tie Tuesdays
 Bi-monthly meetings
 Male accountability

4.  Life Skills: Goal Setting and Decision Making
 Etiquette: Manners and Communication Skills
 Self-Image: Appearance and Communication
 Self-Control: Promoting Positive Behaviors
 Drug and Gang Awareness
 “Breaking the Cycle”

5.  Self-control
 Self-monitoring
 Academic
commitment
 Peer Accountability
 Weekly Commitment
to “Tie Tuesdays”
 School-wide Example
 “Men Meetings”

6.  Clergy
 City Council
Members
 Law Enforcement
 High Schools
 Colleges &
Universities
 “Imperfect People”

7.  400 Male Participants
 The Home Effect
 Media Attention
 Academic/Social
Results
 Debutant Ball
 “Learning the Waltz”
 Parental Involvement

8.  Personal pride
 Peer Mentors
 Student stories
 Increased attendance
 School pride
 Program expansion

9.  Violin Club
 Yearbook
 Choir
 Step Team
 Safety Patrol
 Boys Book Club
 Spanish Club
 Debate Team
 Social Committees
 Mentor “Lunch Bunch”
 HAM Radio Club
 Debutants
 Recycling Club
 Chess Club
 Boys To Men Program

10. What they are becoming is
more important than what
they are accomplishing.

11. “Treat them as if they were
what they ought to be and
help them to become what
they are capable of being.”

12. jeffmayjr@gmail.com
www.jeffmayjr.com