Danbury, Ridgefield Teens Mentor Younger Students

From Role Model Mentors:

Local high school students have something new to feel good about. In communities like Danbury and Ridgefield, teens with special talents in academics, athletics and the arts have new opportunities to become mentors to younger children.

Role Model Mentors, a start- up company based in Ridgefield, matches high achieving high schoolers with students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Mentors use their afternoons, evenings, and weekends to help younger students develop good homework habits, prepare for tests and plan ahead for school projects. Mentors also help elementary and middle school students learn new skills in their favorite sports, in music and in extracurricular topics such as coding and leadership.

“The idea is to develop authentic relationships between young kids and the older kids they naturally look up to”, says Tim Boylan, founder of Role Model Mentors. “The tutoring and skills development are great. But it’s also about demonstrating what good character looks like.”

“We just started working with our Mentor and my son, Jake, is really benefiting from the one-on-one attention. He is studying better for tests and is enjoying a common love of wrestling with his mentor,” said Cara DeFonce of Danbury.

High school mentors are paid for their time and they also benefit from the experiences of meaningful work and entrepreneurship.

To learn more about Role Model Mentors visit www.rolemodelmentors.com. If you choose to request a consultation about mentoring services, use promo code RMM111.

Photo: Role Model Mentors Ellie Garlick (left) and Alex Damron (right), with Isabel Trinkaus (center).