MODEL
Mentors Opening Doors, Enriching Lives
MODEL (Mentors Opening Doors, Enriching Lives) is successfully implemented in the Westerville City School District middle schools and serves about 140 girls a year.
The MODEL program is committed to connecting students to their peers and strong adult women mentors from the community, while focusing meetings on self-esteem, goals, positive choices and thinking about the future.
Students participate in monthly sessions with the adult mentors.
MODEL seeks to engage, inspire and encourage these young females as they prepare for high school.
The mentors help provide leadership, wisdom and support to the students each month
Making positive choices
Controlling your own future
Peer influences
Community dangers
Self-care
Goal-setting
Academic planning
More about M.O.D.E.L.
Westerville Magazine/City Scene article: MODEL program inspires and nurtures students | Middle school students learn about STEM opportunities in new and inspiring ways