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*Help Skyline High School Students Graduate! Be a Mentor FALL 2020*
ORGANIZATION: OAKLAND SERVES
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Oakland Serves is seeking volunteer mentors to help struggling high school students starting in fall of 2020. Oakland Serves is a non-profit volunteer organization that seeks to reduce the dropout rate of OUSD public high school students and help them persist to graduation. We emphasize academic mentoring (get the class assignments done and turned in) as well as classical mentoring (listen, empathize, build trust, offer steady encouragement), offered by well trained volunteer mentors. We work closely with the schools - they identify students at risk of dropping out and match our mentors to mentees who agree to weekly meetings. The time commitment is only once a week for about two hours during school hours. Currently mentors are being placed at Oakland, Skyline and McClymonds high schools. In light of the recent school shutdowns, students will need additional help more than ever after resuming school in fall to catch up on lost instruction. To find out more head to www.oaklandserves.org/volunteer.
You can be a mentor! With a background check and short training session, you can help a young person graduate high school and open up their lives to new possibilities.
Any adult is welcome to apply. Please find out more or apply at www.oaklandserves.org/volunteer or email a volunteer coordinator at show contact infofor more information
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About OAKLAND SERVES
Location:
PO BOX 19317, OAKLAND, CA 94619, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to improve the future of high school youth by increasing their success in high school today. ​Students that struggle to stay on track in high school are at risk of dropping out. We put mentors in high school classes that have high failure rates. We work with students that need extra support to keep them on the path to graduation. Don't let the door shut on these students. Join us today!
Description
Since 2018, Oakland Serves has been helping high school students graduate, focusing on underserved and minority communities in which students may face a variety of challenges that impede their success. We work with OUSD, with schools and teachers to identify where our mentors can have the biggest impact on student achievement. We match our volunteer mentors with whole classrooms and with individual students as needed to increase the ability of as many students as possible to progress to graduation.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Skyline High School12250 Skyline BlvdOakland, CA 94619
DATE POSTED
March 22, 2020
SKILLS
- General Education
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Math / Science Instruction
- Teaching / Instruction
- Reading / Writing
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Mentors will meet with their students once a week every week in study hall to assist with schoolwork. This is a three hours commitment (usually less) max.
- Mentors should have a desire to help disadvantaged youth and a kind heart.