2009 - 2010 School Contacts and Procedures
Hawthorne Elementary School
Phone: (574) 295-4940# (Then enter teacher box number) Procedure: On your initial visit to the school, report to the main office and they will direct you to the mentor room, B23. Please sign in at the DreamsWork desk in the mentor room. While there, please check your folder for character sketches and/or other correspondence. Go to your student's classroom and pick him/her up. Be sure they bring a pencil and paper if needed. You will either meet in the mentor room, the student's classroom (if doing schoolwork) or during allowed hours in the library or cafeteria. At the end of the half-hour session return the student to his/her classroom. Please sign out when finished. If you're unable to come to the school as scheduled, please call your student's teacher and leave word on their voicemail at the above number. Your Mentor Manual contains a listing of all teacher box numbers. Under no circumstances are you allowed to take the student off the school grounds . If you have a problem or concern, please report it to Julie Bontrager, DreamsWork Program Coordinator, (574) 296 - 0825 (julie@dreamswork.org) or school personnel if it's urgent.
Pierre Moran Middle School
Contact: Eulah Mitchell
Email: emitchell@elkhart.k12.in.us
Phone: (574) 295-4805
Please Note: It is imperative that you contact Eulah if you will be absent or delayed.
Procedure: You will set up your mentoring time with Eulah prior to your first mentoring session.
Upon Arrival: When you come to the set of doors directly west of the parking area, enter and proceed directly to the office (left). You will be asked to sign in. Your student will have been given a pass by Eulah upon arriving at the school the morning of your mentoring session. Your student will come to the office and Eulah will help you find a place to meet. If you are leaving the office area, you will be given a visitor badge to wear.
Meeting Times: Pierre Moran prefers that you meet with your student over the student's lunch hour. Because it is only 30 minutes, the students have a pass to go to the front of the lunch line. If lunchtime is impossible for you, it may be possible to take the student out of non-core classes. There is also a study hall time when the student may be available. Eulah will help in any way possible. If it is determined there is no time during the school day that works well for you and your student, please talk with Terri about the procedure for meeting with your student outside of school.
Absence: Eulah will try to contact you if your student is absent. Please make sure she has your name, phone number or email address (whatever is the best way to contact you).
West Side Middle School
Contact: Amy Ybarra
Email: aybarra@elkhart.k12.in.us
Phone: (574) 295-4815
Please Note: It is imperative that you contact Amy if you will be absent or delayed.
Procedure: Amy will try to contact you if your student is absent. Please make sure she has your name, phone number or email address (whatever is the best way to contact you).
Arrival: When you come to the set of doors directly west of the parking area, you will find a silver button on the wall. Push this button. When asked, identify yourself and wait to be buzzed into the building. Proceed directly to the office (left). You will be asked to sign-in. Your student will have been given a pass by Amy upon arriving at the school the morning of your mentoring session. Your student will come to the office and Amy will help you find a place to meet. You will be provided with your own visitor badge to wear.
Meeting Times: West Side prefers that you NOT meet with your student over the student's lunch hour. If this is the only time you can meet and your student does not mind taking a lunch hour, please make arrangements through Amy.
Additional Possible Times: West Side has daily Success periods available for mentoring. In extreme cases West Side may be willing to take the student out of non-core classes. Students also have a study hall time when the student may be available.
North Side Middle School
Contact: Heidi Elonich
Email: helonich@elkhart.k12.in.us
Phone: (574) 262-5570
Procedure: Please contact Heidi in advance if you will be absent or delayed.
New this year: Please call before coming to the school to verify that your student is in attendance.
Arrival: When you come to the doors on the south side of the building nearest the half-circle parking lot there is a button to push on the wall to your right. You will be asked to identify yourself before entering. Proceed directly to the office located directly to your left after entering the building and Sign In.
Process: Heidi will have given your student a pass upon arrival at the school the morning of your mentoring session. Your student will come to the office and Heidi will help find a place to meet. If you are leaving the office area, you will have a visitor badge to wear.
Meeting Times: You may meet with your student over the student's lunch hour. Because it is only 30 minutes, students can have a pass to go to the front of the lunch line. You may also bring lunch.
North Side is also willing to take the student out of non-core classes if necessary. And, students do have a "study hall" time when they may be available as well.
Absense: Heidi will try to contact you if your student is absent. Please make sure she has your name, phone number or email address (whatever is the best way to contact you).
Elkhart Central High School
Contact: Gail Draper
Email: gdraper@elkhart.k12.in.us
Contact: Carol Bradshaw (secretary)
Email: cbradshaw@elkhart.k12.in.us
Phone: (574) 295-4713
Mentor Absences:
Please call the Guidance Office Secretary, Carol Bradshaw, in advance of the date when possible if you will be unable to meet with your student.
Morning of Mentoring: Please call or email Carol early on the morning you are planning to meet so she can prepare a pass in advance and have it delivered to your student.
Arrival: Go through the front entrance and sign in at the office, which is just inside the door to the right. There you will receive a visitor's pass (sticker).
Proceeding to Guidance: Upon receiving your visitors pass, exit the Main Office and turn right. Proceed past the security kiosk to the guidance office directly in front of you through the doors. Check in with the secretary, Carol Bradshaw. She will contact your student who will come down and join you for your mentoring session. In the 2009-2010 School Year we were assigned a classroom as a permanent meeting place for mentoring and Round Tables. We expect it to be the same this year, but, Carol will tell you. Each student has a folder in the office with his/her name on it, containing a sheet detailing school procedures as well as a sheet to record weekly meetings with your student. Please request your student's folder upon arrival and keep information up to date. Make sure to sign out in the Main Office on your way out.
In-School Meeting Times: Please schedule your mentoring meetings during your student's activity period, which takes place every Tuesday from 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Elkhart Memorial High School
Contact: Jacquie Rost
Email: jrost@elkhart.k12.in.us
Phone: (574) 262-5617
Mentor Absences: Jacquie will not be held responsible for informing your student if you are unable to attend a meeting. Please notify your student directly.
Important Note: On your very first meeting with your student at Memorial, please go to Jacquie Rost's office (Student Activities), which is past the security kiosk and down the hall on your left. She will give you options as to where you can meet with your student (hallway, empty classroom, Guidance Conference Room-A104, etc.) and then you and your student can decide. It is also acceptable to have/bring in lunch for your student, but you must eat somewhere besides the cafeteria. Make sure to sign out in the office on your way out.
Upon Arrival: Go through the front entrance and sign in at the office, which is just inside the door to the right. They will ask you for your keys before giving you a visitors pass. The secretary, usually Valerie, will page your student and he/she will come to the office. Each student has a folder in the office with his/her name on it, containing a sheet detailing school procedures, and a sheet to record weekly meetings with your student. Please request your student's folder upon arrival and keep information up to date.
In-School Meeting Times: Please schedule your mentoring meetings during your student's activity period, which takes place every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:30-11:00 a.m. Wednesdays are not available as they are used for School Sponsored activities.
