Jill is one of my favorite students— but she’s also one of the most reluctant learners I have ever encountered! She has low self-esteem and has conditioned herself not to try at anything—no matter what it is. Jill has…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
A ‘Great Story’ from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
A lot of what I do every day is literacy development. It involves serving either a group of kids, or individual kids ranging from grades K-4. We focus on reading skills – things like comprehension, fluency, pronunciation, etc. This…
Martin Luther King Day of Service
This year, on Martin Luther King Day (January 15, 2018) Americorps’ Project MARS members hosted a service learning event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. Local Bigs and Littles came out to commemorate the civil right leader…
A Great Story from Americorps’ Project MARS
This story comes from Jessica Garrett: It’s two o’clock in the afternoon. I am tired and stressed out from the events of the day. I’m not sure if it’s the full moon—but the kids have been wild this week.…
A Great Story from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
It was mid-September when the middle school social worker, Ms. Suthers, asked me to step into her office. “Micah” she said when I walked in, “ I want you to meet Kate. She’s a seventh grader who just transferred here,…
