Lina and I volunteer at Denver Kids as Mentors. The dropout rate is Denver Public Schools (DPS) is around 50% and this program works with DPS to select kids who have potential but may not make it because of their living conditions and situations. These kids get a Councillor who monitors their progress and meets with the kids and their parents to try and keep up their academics. Our job as mentors is to take them out a couple of times a month for fun activities and show them a different perspective on life.
My mentee is Durzhoun who is a 7 year old in first grade. He lives about 6 blocks from our house. We went to the Aquarium a couple of weeks ago and to the zoo last week.
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