5th Grade Mentoring Program

If you are a parent/guardian of a fifth grade student, you have probably heard about the 5th grade morning meetings every Thursday. Yesterday, the fifth grade morning meeting was a mentoring workshop assembly.

Coach Charlie Inverso, head coach of Rider Men’s Soccer team, worked with 6th grade House Leader PJ Barrett, 5th grade House Leader Dave Boggs, Ms. Westhead and me to develop a mentoring program for young students.

Two Rider soccer players will work with each of the 12 fifth grade classes over the next few months.  The topics include leadership, working hard, teamwork, academics and being part of something larger than themselves. Everyone is excited about this new program, and our students are really looking forward to working with college athletes.