>Education and Mentoring

The goal of the Education and Mentoring department is to provide tutoring and mentoring services to children and young adults at schools in the community. Activities range from hanging out with kids to tutoring high school students with hopes of going to college.

>Programs in Education and Mentoring

DCP is a charter high school seeking to create an atmosphere of growth and success. Your help as a tutor is a great aid to this mission as well as a positive learning experience.

Contact Jessica Barnette
JABarnette@scu.edu

Volunteer information:
Meeting Time: Mondays & Thursdays 4-5pm and Wednesdays & Fridays 8:20-9:15am
Social aspect: It's always fun to volunteer with friends, but ideally volunteers will be working one-on-one with students.
Ideal Volunteer: The ideal volunteer is dedicated to this program, is comfortable conducting one-on-one tutoring and can be a role model to high school students.

Do you like working with kids? Be a friend and a positive influence! Come and hang out with kids that have incarcerated family members. Build meaningful friendships in a fun and productive environment.

Contact Erica Dose, Nathan Stepp
EDose@scu.edu
NStepp@scu.edu

Volunteer information:
Meeting Time:
Social aspect:
Ideal Volunteer:

LUCHA (Learning in an Urban Community with High Achievement) provides the opportunity to work with kindergarten to second grade aged students in an under resourced community of San Jose. At LUCHA you can work alongside teachers in their classrooms to encourage a diverse group of students to excel in their educational pursuits.

Contact Carolyn Chu
CTChu@scu.edu

Volunteer information:
Meeting Time: Volunteers can volunteer with LUCHA during any 2-hour period between 8am to 3pm MTWF and 8am-1pm on Thursdays.
Social aspect: LUCHA is a good program to do individually, or with one other person. This is also a great opportunity to make a new friend at SCU who you can go to LUCHA with!
Ideal Volunteer: A regular volunteer is the best, because the teachers really value the volunteer's time commitment each week. (That means that the volunteers get a ton of time working with children!) We work with elementary school kids, so a general liking towards children is preferable. If you don't have that general liking, the LUCHA kids will change that for you! Also, extroverted, introverted, and generally verted volunteers are welcome!

Teach, tutor, or just hang out with energetic 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. The Sacred Heart Nativity School is a privately held school for kids that are struggling and come from low-income families. Their kids need help with their homework and are looking for positive role models.

Contact Myrna Mungal
MMungal@scu.edu

Volunteer information:
Meeting Time:
Sports Club 3:30 - 4:30
Homework Club 4:30 - 6:00
Social aspect:Sports club is great for going with a group or indevidually and hanging out with the students, while tutoring is more of an individual activity.
Ideal Volunteer: The ideal volunteer is someone who just enjoys spending time with middle schoolers. There is no time commitment, so come whenever it's convenient!