Nurturing Children & Youth

   David Forsberg, a fifth grader at Southeast of Saline enjoys getting help with his social studies once a week from Big Brother Jordan Dupes, a junior at Southeast of Saline.  David and Jordan were matched as Big Brother and Little Brother through the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring program at Southeast of Saline. 
  The School-Based Mentoring program was started at Southeast of Saline four years ago with eight matches and has grown to forty.  In this program high school students are recruited to mentor elementary students. 
  The Southeast of Saline program starts as a school-based match, then after eight weeks they have the option to do activities outside of school.  The high school students spend one hour a week with their little.  Most of the matches spend time going to recess, lunch or spending time together working on a specific 
subject. 
  The unique situation that Southeast of Saline provides by having high school and grade school students together in one building helps to facilitate the program.