FRESHMEN SUPPORT / LINK CREW

Freshmen year can be both an exciting and terrifying experience. It is exciting to meet new friends and to try new things. All too often, we expect freshmen to come into our schools with the knowledge of how to have a meaningful freshmen year experience. Many freshmen experience tremendous amounts of anxiety facing the unknown. This, however, can be easily remedied through a good Adopt-A-Freshmen Program.

At the beginning of the school year, solicit one senior to mentor or adopt between 8-12 freshmen. The seniors who choose to be involved in the program need to realize that there is some outside school time involvement. The mentors can serve a variety of purposes:

-         Reminder phone calling for events and activities

-         Recognize their adopted students’ birthdays or special holidays

-         Help motivate struggling students

-         Sit next to their adopted students during games and rallies.

-         Attend luncheons and barbeques with their adopted students.

-         Help their students with registration

The mentors / seniors should meet with their adopted students at least once a month. The meeting is a great time to communicate with the freshmen about activities that are coming up. This is also a great time for freshmen to communicate concerns or questions about past or upcoming events.

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