Each semester, AmeriCorps’ Project MARS collects “Great Stories” from its members in which they reflect on their experiences mentoring in the classroom and the progress they see students making. This month’s story comes from Rachel Boyle. I was assigned to…
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Another “Great Story” from Project MARS – Helping a Little cope with death
(This story was written by Sara Borov.) You never really know when tragedy is going to strike, and unfortunately for my Little, she suddenly faced a terrible loss at the tiny age of 6 years old. She was…
Another Great Story from AmeriCorps/Project MARS
At Shining Rock’s summer camp, we planned on having a blast engaging the kids’ minds, even if school was out. Activities ranged from building rockets to attempting science projects to going to the pool just to play. We normally…
Another Great Story from AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
When I first started working with this student, I learned he had a stressful home life. When I would work with him, he would just stop in the middle of his lesson and start talking about something that happened…
A great story for AmeriCorps’ Project MARS
I was at home one night worrying about not having a Big for a little girl in third grade. The little girl, DD, was living with her grandparents because her mother was in the hospital waiting for a liver…