The SMILE Program is potentially a program in which high school students will be paired with elementary students, specifically those who are in need of a positive role model in their lives, based on similar interests. I am working alongside Mia Long and Austin Wood. We chose this project because we all had a desire to help the children of our community who are in need. Through this project, we hope that high school students will be able to positively impact the lives of elementary students by building a relationship with them and teaching them about citizenship.
Our goal in this project is to match each student with a high schooler who has similar interests and hobbies. We plan on doing this by having students fill out interest forms to find who the best matches would be. We feel that if students are matched with someone they can get along really well with, they are more likely to be receptive and open with their match. After making matches, our goal is to have pairs meet at New Palestine Elementary School twice a month. In the first meeting, we would have fun games and activities set up for the students, and matches would also be free to roam the grounds and find something to do that they're both interested in. On our school grounds, we have tennis courts, soccer fields, baseball fields, a playground, a cross country course, and lots of open space where students can find what they're interested in and bond through that. In the second meeting, everyone would come together to volunteer and learn how to give back to our school and community. This would normally have to be on school grounds, but we did have the idea to try to go off of school grounds at some point in the future to do a bigger volunteering project.
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AuthorMy name is Ellie Roudebush, and I'm a senior in the Advanced Business Management class at New Palestine High School. Archives
February 2018
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