Helpful High Schoolers

There are many wonderful occurrences which happen throughout the day at Bios. Some I am told about, some I observe. Things like encouraging statements by the students to each other throughout the day, minor and major academic accomplishments, and then there are events like this.

Three high school girls came up to me with a proposal. They had already discussed the idea with Mrs. Ihms and had garnered her support. Their idea was to meet with three other classmates and mentor/study with them after school with Mrs. Ihms. I said yes to the request.

So, one afternoon last week, the six students worked after school studying for the biology test. Three encouraging and three responding students.

After the test, all three had made marked improvements in their test scores.

What’s the big deal? It was the whole event which was so encouraging to me. The initiative by the three students, the positive response of the mentored students, and the positive results were wonderful. The maturity, forethought, caring, planning, and follow through shows a lot of character. Just another wonderful occurrence at Bios.