Strengthening Communities Through Mentoring: one relationship at a time

Mentoring = Academic Results

In looking at our LHS students with mentors, we found that 72% of them performed well academically or showed significant gains this past semester.  Lisa Reynolds, our coordinator, reported that “several students have continued earning good grades, and others brought up grades significantly from failing mid-term marks.” Two students brought their GPA’s up a full point and many students  crossed the 3.0 threshold. Statistics show that mentoring helps students excel academically and we are certainly seeing that hold true!

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