Clever Endeavor

Clever Endeavor is a Seven-Saturday mentorship program for 4 th and 5 th grade students in the Durham and Chapel Hill area. Our mentorship program is modeled after the 5 C’s of the Positive Youth Development Model: Caring, Competence, Character, Connection and Confidence. Competence is further broken down into two Saturdays that addresses Academic Competence, and second Saturday that addresses Social and Cognitive Competence. A typical Saturday begins with journal writing in which our mentees will receive a short and child-friendly prompt that they will write about to stimulate their thoughts on the chosen Saturday’s C. Then, there will be a logic game activity to promote team building among our mentees. Our mentors will then complete breakout sessions with their assigned mentees, in which they will engage in active and thought-provoking conversations about the Saturday’s C by addressing real-world scenarios. Breakout sessions will conclude with a game or activity that encompasses the concepts related to the C. After lunch, the students will come together again for a recap session with all the mentors. Finally, the students will have an allotted time to work on their end-of-progr

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