Archive for Mentors
Last Day of VAST (Fall 2013)
Sadly, our last day for the semester was Wednesday December 11. Instead of normal tutoring, we had a party day to celebrate everything we’ve done together. Our mentors and scholars had so much fun spending time together before the Vassar tutors left for their winter vacation. Check out the different activities we had available for […]
VAST Appreciations
Before Thanksgiving break, VAST took some time to think about how we can thank each other and ourselves for all the hard work we have done. Scholars and mentors traced their hands and wrote a “THANK YOU” message to put on the poster below. They could choose to either thank someone else in the program […]
First Week of VAST, 2013-14!
VAST started off on Monday, September 23 and was quite the success. All of our middle school scholars are divided into classroom groups. Each classroom has a Head Mentor, an experienced Vassar student who will supervise the scholars as they do homework with their mentors. During the first week, Head Mentors led icebreaker games in […]
Interviewing Tjashana & Katie
Katie Torrisi and Tjashana Browne make up Team Fun! Katie is a sophomore at Vassar and is studying to become an English teacher. Tjashana is an eighth-grader and wants to become a surgical nurse. Her favorite subject in school is math. Both Tjashana and Katie love fashion and wearing bright colors and crazy hairstyles. Tjashana’s […]
VAST Family Orientation
VAST families attended a beginning of the year orientation dinner at the Poughkeepsie Middle School cafeteria on Friday, September 30th. Parents and guardians accompanied scholars to an orientation conducted by the VAST administration and select mentors. Changes such as the introduction of tutoring on Fridays were announced, the importance of open and constant communication was […]
New Mentors (Fall 2011)
Greetings, If you are interested in becoming a mentor for the VAST program, please fill out the following application and send it back to us at the VAST office. We are located in the Old Observatory (room 103). You can also mail your completed application to Box 709 or email it to Francis Meyo at […]
Returning Mentors (Fall 2011)
Greetings, Mentors who are returning to VAST this fall can now download a returning mentor application using the following link: VAST Mentor Returning Application Fall 2011. As usually if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at 845.437.5987 or email Francis Meyo at frmeyo@vassar.edu!
