The mentor system helped me in different ways over the past year. I’ve come to know my mentors and appreciate what they do. I’ve even come to be fond of them. They helped me feel more comfortable in high school, but I think the whole program could be improved.

Overall, the Mentor system is good. They break the tension between freshman and seniors and help the freshman with problems. But I think with improvements, the program could have a greater impact on freshmen and FHN as a whole.

Mentors are already improving some things. Sponsor Anne McPartland said they are working to improve how the mentors interact with freshman during home room. They are also working to make the mentors easier for the freshmen to get in touch with.

I think if they added some things over the year, like meetings between the student, their mentors, and parents, and a teacher who’s class they struggle in, they might improve freshmen productivity and even their grades. Maybe they could even give the freshmen their phone numbers, so they could call for advice or to check in every few weeks when they need something.

The mentor program already does lot to help freshman transition more smoothly into high school. However, with a few easy changes, freshman year would be even easier.