Lynden High School Coordinator Report – September 2020
Stories to share: It’s wonderful to hear when mentors and students develop a life-long friendship, and I heard an update from one pair recently. This student and mentor met in middle school and stayed together through her graduation in 2018. Now the young lady is...
Virtual Mentoring Resources
It was great to connect with so many yesterday! We had nearly 40 mentors log in for our September training from all our districts—That’s a record! If you missed it, here is the link to the full presentation. Online Games and Activities Preview Video by Annie Anderson...
HOPE on the Horizon
"Hope is measurable, malleable, and attainable. It is not wishful thinking." ~Casey Gwinn, from his book Hope Rising Here's a great life tip from Casey's book: "So many times angry people think peace will come from how a social service agency helps them or some...
Mentoring is a multi-year “walk-a-long”
A BTO mentoring relationship with a student is designed with the possibility of a multi-year “walk-a-long” as a student transitions through many stages of their LIFE READY journey. There are 5 basic human needs listed in the book Love and Logic Magic for Lasting...
Great News & more Great News!
Lynden Christian rolls out BTO on campus this Fall! Ready to get more info about BECOMING A MENTOR More Great News! Be the One Mentoring Programs remained active during school closures and will remain active as we move forward with distance learning models in public...
Stacey Martin coordinator of BTO mentor program at LC
LYNDEN — Stacey Martin is announced as the coordinator of the Be The One student mentoring program that starts up at Lynden Christian High School this fall. Be The One, as a community partnership, is already at Lynden, Nooksack Valley, and Ferndale high schools. The...
BTO comes to Lynden Christian!
Welcome Lynden Christian to the BTO family. Introducing... Stacey Martin, Lynden Christian BTO Mentor Coordinator ....Stacey lives in Lynden with her husband, Jacob, and two kids, Lola (5), Everett (2), and their energetic pup, Harper! In 2013, she graduated from...
Lynden Middle School Coordinator Report (2019-2020 School Year)
June 19, 2020 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Statistics for the 2019-2020 School Year 45 active matches (26 Girls, 19 Boys) at the end of the school year. We started the year with 20 matches and we had 30 new matches made this school year. We had 5 matches end during the school...
Lynden High School June 2020
Stories to share: Shortly before we closed in March, a student on the yearbook staff talked to me about doing a page on Be the One Mentoring. We had arranged for him to interview and photograph some student mentor pairs the following week for his story. Once we...
Nooksack Valley Middle and High School, June 2020
Students respond to, “What did you appreciate about mentoring?” I enjoyed… being able to talk to somebody that I felt close to. (My mentor was) dope. I loved the fun and games. Mentors respond to, “What did you appreciate about mentoring?” (names have been...
Ferndale High School – June 2020 EOY
June 2020 – End of Year Report Stories to share: “At first, I thought Be The One was an in school tutoring program where you and an adult would tutor, so I signed up but I wasn't looking forward to it. After one meeting with Amber I realized that it's not a place to...
June 22, 2020 – Mentoring Minute
This month, we’ve been talking about the importance of connection. These past few months have been a powerful reminder that all of us need to be connected with others. Remember...we all need connection because we are better together than we are alone. This week, we...
Mentoring Minute & Lava Tubes
This month, we’ve been talking about the importance of connection. These past few months have been a powerful reminder that all of us need to be connected with others. We all need connection...because we are better together than we are alone. Here's a question for you...
Build resilience in each other (and our students) through connection
Last week, we talked about the importance of connection. These past few months have been a powerful reminder that all of us need to be connected with others. And the reason is, connection is what makes us human. It contributes to our wholeness as people. We all need...
Lynden Middle School, April/May 2020
May has been encouraging for the mentoring program at the middle school. After seeing such a drop off after the school year abruptly ended, mentoring has begun again. Now mentors are seeing their students through Zoom, which has given new life to the mentoring...
Ferndale High School – May 2020
May 2020 Stories to share: There is a student who tends to withdraw and can blend in with her surroundings to the extent she is almost invisible. One time, I popped my head into her classroom to talk to her, but she was not there. I was about to leave, but the...
Nooksack Valley Middle and High School, May 2020
Nooksack Valley High School & Middle School Be The One Coordinator Report May 2020 – Mentoring Stories to share (names have been changed): Beginning video match meetings is both a breath of fresh air and, possibly, a way to lean into the future of mentoring. Now...
Lynden High School May 2020
Stories to share: "One student did not respond to any of my emails or messages about connecting with his mentor, even though I know they had a good relationship. I was able to make contact with his mom. She was so grateful that I called. She was extremely worried...
Connection Makes Us Human
Connection. Connection is a powerful word. It’s a word that we use to describe the relationship between two things that fit together in a way that contributes to their wholeness. Think about it… When you sit down to do a puzzle, you look for connection. You find...
Check in on BTO – May 2020 Snapshot
MAY 2020 “I received the package today! Gosh, I did not expect this much! Thank you so much for everything! I read Moonstruck as fast as I opened the package! It was so cute! I am definitely buying the next books. I tried the mug cake and it was sooo goooodd. I loved...
Mentoring Minute: A situation vs a slog.
I woke up this morning and read one of the daily blogs that show up regularly in my inbox. This one was from Seth Godin, and was titled “A situation vs a slog.” In that blog, he went on to talk about the difference between finding yourself in a “situation” that you...
Lynden Middle School, April 2020
We are continuing to see lots of students write their mentors back after having a good push of mentors writing to their students. Others are emailing back and forth and so communication is happening. We officially had our first Zoom call this week and it went really...
Free Coffee @ Muddy Waters in Lynden!
Thanks to Never to Forever for choosing Be the One as the beneficiary of their free drink giveaway this Friday, May 8th at Muddy Waters in Lynden. In these uncertain times, Never to Forever wanted to spread some joy in this community!🌷🔆 Where: Drive through Muddy...
May 4th Mentoring Minute
In our last Mentor Minute, we started shifting the focus from how to care for students in these unique pandemic times we’re living in to how to care for you, the mentor. We recognize that these times are impacting mentors in all kinds of ways...financially,...