Supporting your Friendship Student

Supporting Your Friendship Student

Tips to better support your child's mentorship

• Take time to review and utilize the information in the FFC Student Handbook; review the Friendship Program requirements and responsibilities with your child and discuss various ideas about growing the relationship with your child’s mentor.

• Get to know your site volunteer, invest time in building a strong communication relationship with them. Attend Friendship community meetings to be better informed about updates in the Friendship Program.

• Get to know your child’s mentor(s); the more you know about their mentor, the more he/she becomes part of the family.

• Encourage your child to write to their mentor(s) as they receive letters and correspondence from them. FFC requires Friendship Students to communicate with their mentor a minimum of once every two months.

• Keep copies of your child’s report cards so they will be on hand when it is time to complete Fall Updates.

• Encourage your child to acknowledge any gifts from their mentor.

• Contact your volunteer if your child transfers to another school or if any of your contact information changes (particularly if you move to a different community).