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Sidney & Pacific Outreach Committee (SPOC) Mentorship Program

Sidney & Pacific Outreach Committee (SPOC) Mentorship Program. SP House Meeting July, 2003. SPOC's Mission and Mentorship Program. SPOC mission is to improve the interaction between the SP student community and the Cambridge community (area residents and local businesses)

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Sidney & Pacific Outreach Committee (SPOC) Mentorship Program

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  1. Sidney & Pacific Outreach Committee (SPOC)Mentorship Program SP House Meeting July, 2003

  2. SPOC's Mission and Mentorship Program • SPOC mission is to improve the interaction between the SP student community and the Cambridge community (area residents and local businesses) • During 2002-03, several activities were organized (Open House, Pacific Street Park Party, etc.) for these communities to interact and exchange ideas on various issues of general concern • Support of MIT and the Cambridge City Council has been and will continue to be instrumental for the success of this initiative • In 2003-04 period, SPOC will launch the Mentorship Program (MP) • MP is SPOC’s flagship initiative and will serve as an overarching activity to implement SPOC's stated mission • First Phase of the MP will cover the period Sept.- Dec. 2003

  3. Features of the First Phase of the MP • MP will involve SP volunteers as mentors and school children from the Cambridgeport area as mentees • Mentor’s will work in pairs, with each pair being assigned 2-3 mentees • Mentors will help mentees with their studies, focusing more on general concepts and their applications • The MP’s academic support activities will be supplemented with cultural, social and civic awareness, environmental, and athletic activities

  4. Features of the First Phase of the MPCultural, Social and Civic Awareness Activities Cultural • Visits to museums (i.e. MIT Museum, Museum of Science, MFA, Aquarium, etc.) • Visits to historical landmarks (Freedom Trail, USS Constitution, Lexington and Concord, etc.) Social and Civic Awareness • Visits to senior-citizen home, children foster-home • Visit to Cambridge Fire Station and “fire-safety” workshop with Cambridge Fire Dept. • “Street-Wise” program with MIT Police • “How our City Government Works” workshop with City Council representatives • “Pen-Pal” program with children from other countries, for example in Latin America

  5. Features of the First Phase of the MPEnvironmental and Athletic Activities Environmental • Park cleanup activities • Visits to nearby local parks, one-day camping trips, etc. • “Adopt-a-tree” program • Recycling workshop Athletic • Joint “Soccer-Buddy” program with the Cambridge Youth Soccer and SP coaches • Pacific Park Party II • Nutritional workshop • Attendance to Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins games • More activities have been planned and will be implemented once the First Phase has been successfully achieved

  6. Time commitment and tentative schedule • Logistics and implementation components of First Phase of MP are currently being worked out • We plan to initiate First Phase of MP with 12 – 14 mentors who will tutor 18 – 21 mentees • Potential launch date in September 2003 (in line with the beginning of fall courses at schools) • Launch date to be preceded by orientation meeting during which parents and mentees will visit SP and interact with mentors • MP sessions will be in SP Multipurpose Room once a week (possibly Wednesday evenings) for a period of two hours • Refreshments will be served during the sessions

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