Programs We Sponsor
Belmont Charter School Mentoring Program
In partnership with Belmont Charter School in Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr students are matched with individual Belmont students as mentors during after school programming. Bryn Mawr students travel to the school as a group (transportation is provided by the Civic Engagement Office) and meet with their mentees once a week during the academic year. Belmont's after school programming, called BEST (Belmont Enrichment and Study Time), runs Mondays through Thursdays from 3:30—5:30 pm. Bryn Mawr students are matched with their mentees based on grade preference and mutual interest. Mentees are students in grades 2 through 8.
Mentors and mentees engage in interactive activities during their time together and spend the afternoons playing games, creating crafts, reading together, and getting to know one another. Once a semester the Belmont students visit Bryn Mawr's campus and spend time with their mentors eating lunch in the dining hall, touring campus and visiting dorms and classrooms. Becoming a mentor is a full year commitment and mentors are encouraged to stay with the program and their mentee for multiple years, if possible.
For more information about becoming a mentor, please contact Catherine Khuu (ckhuu@brynmawr.edu) or Ellie Esmond (eesmond@brynmawr.edu).
