Edgar Glover Elementary Pilots New Sugar Land Mentoring program

In order to rally a new era of parental and community involvement in the school system, a local Sugar Land, Tx elementary school in the Fort Bend Independent School District is launching a pilot mentoring program.Developed by Council of Elder founder, Tony Sherman, the program, MCORP, 100 aims to establish a network of community support focused on at-risk and troubled youth in the school system.Recently, Sherman introduced the program to a room full of Fort Bend ISD teachers prior to a scheduled teacher’s in-service training day held at the school.The estimated 50 to 60 teachers listened as Sherman outlined plans to form a core group of 100 parent and Sugar Land community volunteers committed to weekly on campus interactions in support of youth with a history of documented discipline problems.Achieving positive results over the past two years with troubled youth on the Glover campus through the Council of Elder’s Behavioral Stimulus Program, Sherman has launched MCORP 100 to extend his reach.Sherman told teachers, “I can’t do it all, I need help.”Once a week, program volunteers are responsible for checking in to gauge the academic and behavioral progress of students, according to Sherman.Sherman stated, “I want to do something that will change the community and keep our kids out of the justice system.”Upon entering the program, participants become cadets and have the opportunity to work towards elite cadet status as a result of their involvement.Sherman told teachers, a qualifying group of students also will earn a free trip to a recreational camp to enjoy fun activities and listen to a series of experts talk to students about morals and values and positive conflict resolution every quarter.The aim of the newly launched mentoring program is to build positive self esteem, build leadership skills and redirect the lives and focus of a growing population of at-risk youth, Sherman stated.Sherman added, “We have found that involving mentors in the lives of children makes a tremendous difference in the way children perceive themselves.”Edgar Glover Elementary is located in Sugar Land, by amazing neighborhoods like Sweetwater and Sugar Creek.