“I have never done anything like this before. It was a great experience, very relaxing”. — High school mentee whose interests usually lie in areas like computer science and math. This was a common sentiment after sharing a fun, artistic experience at Color Me Mine in Menlo Park on April 6. The group of fifty…
We are grateful for the long-term support we’ve had from the Holiday Funds from both the Mountain View Voice and the Los Altos Town Crier. Through their years of consistent and significant support, they help us serve our local students with our tutoring and mentoring programs. In case you missed it, here are links to…
Over fifty mentors and mentees from the three Mountain View Los Altos district high schools shared a fun and interactive experience at Cucina Bambini Cooking School on Saturday, March 4. Each pair of mentors and mentees had a great time kneading dough made with egg and flour, then putting it through pasta machines to produce…
For MVHS junior Kaely Roa, meeting with her mentor to go out to a new restaurant, make a holiday related craft, have a meaningful discussion or simply hear an uplifting life quote is the part of her week that she looks forward to. Roa is one of the many students involved with Mentor Tutor Connection,…
Mentor Tutor Connection links teens with caring role models, younger kids with tutors by Andrea Gemmet / Mountain View Voice After Juakita Berkley and her family moved to Mountain View, she started searching for a mentorship program to join. Back in Dallas, she had started up a youth mentoring program and she said she wanted…
• Mission: Mentor Tutor Connection aims to help build brighter futures for youth in Mountain View and Los Altos through tutoring and mentoring programs that improve social and academic life skills. • 2016 update: Mentor Tutor Connection’s new executive director, Padma Gargeya, came aboard Nov. 1. Linda Eckols, MTC board chairwoman, said Gargeya’s experience with…
