TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN READY TO WELCOME 60 NEW SCHOLARS, BUT NEEDS MENTORS
Additional mentors are needed to match with incoming Take Stock in Children students prior to the contract signing ceremonies scheduled for the week of October 27th.
Take Stock in Children, the flagship college scholarship program of the Monroe County Education Foundation, is ready to accept nearly 60 new students into the program during the last week of October. “We have a fantastic group of qualified candidates who are ready to join Take Stock in Children and work towards achieving their goal of a college education. However, if we do not have a volunteer mentor to match with the student, we cannot accept the student into our program,” said Monroe County Education Foundation president Steve Pribramsky.
Who can be a mentor? “Mentors are not tutors or counselors; they are compassionate, caring adults who agree to meet with a student on campus during the school day once a week for 30 to 45 minutes,” program coordinator Chuck Licis explained. “We screen, background check, and train all mentors before paring them up our Take Stock scholars, and there is a college success coach in each area to assist the mentors and students.” Take Stock needs mentors throughout the Keys, but especially in the Lower Keys at Sugarloaf Middle, Horace O’Bryant Middle, and Key West High schools.
“Our mission is to accept all students from low-income families with the desire, motivation, and potential to go to college,” said Licis. “These students are given the ‘chance of a lifetime’ with mentoring in middle and high school followed by the scholarship that pays for four years college tuition and fees.”
Take Stock in Children is entering its 15th year in Monroe County of providing college scholarships to low-income students who meet the eligibility requirements. Take Stock scholars make a commitment to maintain a 2.5 or higher grade point average, maintain good attendance and behavior, and meet weekly with a mentor.
A child is waiting for his or her chance of a lifetime, a college scholarship, but we need your help to make the dream a reality! If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please contact Chuck Licis at 305-293-1546 or at [email protected].
Take Stock in Children Contract Signing Week:
Monday, October 27, 2014
1:00 p.m.
Sugarloaf School
SLS Media Center
255 Crane Blvd. Sugarloaf Key, MM 19
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
1:30 p.m.
Coral Shores / Plantation Key / Treasure Village Schools
CSH Media Center
89901 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, MM 89
3:30 p.m.
Key Largo School
KLS Media Center
104801 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, MM 104
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
1:30 p.m.
Marathon Middle and High Schools
MHS Media Center
350 Sombrero Beach Road, Marathon, MM 54
Thursday, October 30, 2014
9:00 a.m.
Key West High School
KWH Media Center
2100 Flagler Avenue, Key West
3:30 p.m.
Horace O’Bryant Middle School
HOB Media Center
1105 Leon Street, Key West