The
following guidelines were established for our participants
of the Junior S.T.A.R. Academy.
These basic, but important, guidelines cover our three crucial
and vital elements of the program - our students, our tutor/mentors
and parents - the foundation of Junior S.T.A.R. Academy.
Tutees
Tutor/Mentors
Parents
Tutees
Be
on time; attend ALL Saturdays!
Bring ALL books on each of those Saturdays.
Don't get suspended; suspended students will be instantly
dropped from the program for the rest of that academic year.
Your tutor will always show you respect; they expect the
same from you.
Have the right attitude, spirit of cooperation.
On report cards DO YOUR VERY BEST!! Go for A's and B's,
not D's and F's.
Be good in school; follow school rules and expectations.
You are not allowed to walk around alone - not even to the
bathroom.
You are not allowed to bring friends, sisters or brothers.
You will be contacted 1 to 2 weeks before each S.T.A.R. Saturday.
S.T.A.R. students are not to call each other insulting or
hurtful names!
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Tutor/Mentors
Provide
individualized attention to your student/tutee.
Don't leave tutees alone while you hang out with older group
or friends, even at lunch.
Attend all seven (7) mandatory Junior S.T.A.R. Saturdays.
Be available for your tutee; you are his/her mentor in an
emergency. If he/she can't contact you, the student can
call Mrs. Burnett, the secretary.
4th and 5th graders are devastated when they don't have
their own tutors, so if you must miss any Saturday, let
the student know in advance, and make arrangements to have
contact with him/her during the week.
Be a source of information for opportunities to be exposed
to S.T.A.R. (e.g., Pot Luck Dinner, shadowing on a S.T.A.R.
Saturday, S.T.A.R. Picnic, Career Day, Closing Luncheon).
Have contact with student/tutee once a week when possible.
Keep Junior S.T.A.R. Committee updated/informed.
Will be contacted 1-2 weeks before S.T.A.R. Saturday.
ALWAYS ask PARENT'S permission to take them ANYWHERE or
do anything with them outside of S.T.A.R.
Be a good role model, THEY ARE WATCHING YOU (and listening,
too!).
No hats, no tying scarves on your head.
No public display of affection.
Keep the goals of the Academy in the forefront of your mind
at all times (helping them improve academically, behaviorally
etc. comes first, friendship is second!).
Encourage tutee and parents to take advantage of exposure
to other opportunities in the S.T.A.R. Academy.
SHOW RESPECT and EXPECT RESPECT.
Brainstorm (make a list of things you can do with your tutee
on non-S.T.A.R. Saturdays.
Note:
You are not expected to spend money on your tutee; that
is TOTALLY
voluntary. There are things you can do together that do
not cost money.
What they really want is your TIME!!!
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Parents
Make
sure child is at designated location 5 to 10 minutes before
bus pick up time (Lehigh bus).
You or designee should wait with them (pick up and drop
off).
Consider attending a Junior S.T.A.R. Saturday, but we must
know one week IN ADVANCE.
Make sure students bring ALL their books on Saturdays, or
enough work to last ONE full hour.
Have realistic expectations of tutors and the Academy.
Tutors are students. They cannot spend hours on the phone
helping with homework or visit your home as you need them.
Allow your tutor the freedom to choose how, when, and how
much extra time he/she can spend with the tutee.
Only registered Junior S.T.A.R. students are allowed to attend
these sessions due to Lehigh University Insurance policy,
and the expense to S.T.A.R.
Bus students are to take the bus to and from Lehigh.
One of the committee members will contact you after each
S.T.A.R. Saturday as a follow up of tutee's day.
You are encouraged to attend as many Saturday committee
Parent meetings as you can.
Parent Helpers are always needed. Please let us know if
and when you are available.
If your child is suspended from school, please let us know.
Provide progress report - from teachers when available.
Tutees will be contacted 1 to 2 weeks before S.T.A.R. Saturday.
If your student is dropped from the program, they may reapply
next academic year.
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