1. You Make
the Difference
Mentoring at
HMC-1
Administration Center
(816) 316-7000
9000 Old Santa Fe Road • Kansas City, Missouri 64138
*Information from Big Brothers Big Sisters
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Students with mentors are more likely
to succeed both in and out of school. As
a mentor you help enrich, extend, and
enhance a child’s daily experience. Your
time is never wasted when you make such
an impact! Students who have a dedicated
mentor.....
• Have higher self esteem and confidence
• Are 52% less likely to skip school*
• Are 46% less likely to use illegal drugs*
• Are more likely to stay in school
Helping Students
excel
As a mentor, you will help a student with
anything suited to their individual interests
and talents. Your main purpose is to be a
caring and supportive adult and help your
mentee attain academic and personal success.
Mentors typically:
• Build a student’s character development by
encouraging work ethic, trustworthiness,
kindness, responsibility, etc.
• Help with homework and improve
academic skills
• Participate in activities of interest to the
mentee
• Help set career goals and develop resumes
• Help think through a problem at school or
home
“We mentor because we want
students to realize the potential
within themselves. in the end, their
education is the one thing that can
never be taken away from them.”
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2. All-in Mentors
mentorWhat makes a
Do you believe mentors need special skills? This is
not true! Mentors are simply people who have the
qualities of good role models.
• Mentors listen
• Mentors guide
• Mentors are practical
• Mentors educate
• Mentors provide insight
• Mentors are accessible
• Mentors criticize constructively
• Mentors are supportive
• Mentors are specific
• Mentors care
• Mentors succeed
• Mentors are well-respected
All-in Mentors was created within the
Hickman Mills C-1 School District in 2013
and is open to all K-12 students.
Mentors must:
• Pass a simple background check
• Complete All-in Mentors application
• Spend 1 hour per week with their
student
• Meet with their student on school
grounds during school hours
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
This community-based program is the
traditional Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS)
program that matches children in grades
K-6 from one-parent or non-traditional
households with caring, adult mentors.
Mentors must:
• Pass a background check
• Complete a BBBS application
• Spend 1 hour per week with their
student
• Meet with their student on school
grounds during school hours
beginhow to
Congratulations on taking the first steps to
becoming a mentor at HMC-1! Now all you
need to do is contact our mentor liaison!
Terra Charles, All-in Mentors Liaison
(816) 316-7000
terrac@hickmanmills.org
Ruth Terrell, Director of Public Information
& Partnerships
(816) 316-7003
rutht@hickmanmills.org