MENTORRRRINGGGG

My talks with Alexus about academic success are going beautifully. She has good grades, or at least thats what she tells me, and she tells me about her study strategies. We talk about tests and quizzes that she has upcoming that week and go over how she should go about studying for them. I think on the topic, we're okay.
Involvement is somewhat different. She is involved in chorus at Hand but I think that is about the extent to which she is involved. She did tell me that next year she wants to try out for cheer-leading, because sixth graders can't be on the team. I asked her if there was anything she could do in the mean time, but she said she wasn't really interested in anything else... so I guess I should work on finding something for her.
I think last week was a huge break through for us. She kept asking me questions and introducing me to her teachers and peers. Her comments were like "isn't my mentor nice?" or "isnt she sooo cool?". It was good to see that she's finally come around to accepting me. She even made me a "thank you for being my friend" card. AWWW :)

Saying goodbye.... ummm that's going to be hard. I don't know how I'll do it. maybe I make her like an inspirational card or something to hang in her locker... I don't know I'll think about it :)