Mentoring Program

Mentors are a crucial part of the caring community surrounding our boys. San Miguel's Mentoring Program matches up adults of all different backgrounds and ages (our mentors range from 24 to 80) with a student to build a supportive relationship over lunch. Our mentors come to school once a week during our lunch period to sit and eat with their mentee in our mentor room. Sometimes mentors and mentees will play board games (we have plenty!) or just sit and talk for 45 minutes. Most of our students can’t believe how fast time goes by with their mentor!  

Our mentors are here to lend an ear and build a trusting relationship with our students—you don’t have to help them with school work or worry about their grades (that’s our job!) your job is to be as supportive as you can be. 

Mentors complete a background check and participate in an orientation before meeting their mentees. A commitment of at least one school year is requested—though many of our mentors stay with a student for four years!

Do you have what it takes to be a mentor?

• Be available (mentors come to school once a week from 12:20 to 1:00pm)

• Be inquisitive

• Be compassionate

• Be reliable, our students rely on their mentor to come every week and greatly look forward to them coming. Our students would much rather sit with their mentor than go to lunch and recess with their friends!

• Be empathetic

• Be honest and genuine

• Be self-reflective

  Statistics show that with a good mentor students are: 

• 55% more like to enroll in college

• 90% are interested in becoming a mentor themselves

• 78% are more likely to volunteer and give back to their community

• Are more like to hold a leadership position

  If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please contact Amanda Parker at aparker@sanmiguelprov.org