Mentor program between High Schools and Primary schools kicks off in January 2010

We have finally started the mentor program between Kenya High school and Kileleshwa primary. Kenya High school is an all girls boarding National school located in Kileleshwa area in Nairobi. The school has a track record of excellence and discipline and is the only girls' national school in Nairobi. Kileleshwa primary is a mixed primary school in the Kileleshwa area and has students mainly from Kileleshwa. Most of the young girls in that school dream of going to Kenya High school. For this reasons the members of Kenya High interact-HOU club identified the school and are dedicating their time to mentor the students.

 

The 25 member team started visits at the primary school on the third week of January, we had 60 primary school students with us to work with. Diana, the chair of the high school club coordinated an interesting intro where 5 girls talked to the students about life in high school but emphasized on the importance of balancing education student and play, sports and talent. This excited the primary school students who quickly demonstrated their different talents.

 

The girls thereafter introduced the solar system to the students. Using charts they were able to show them how the planets of our solar system look like and taught them about the composition of the planets and whether there could be intelligent life in our solar system. They also emphasized the importance of taking care of our home planet earth and that the young students and their parents and teachers and citizens of our planets should play a role in it. 

In our first visit we had a varied age of students from 8 years on to 13 years. It was cool to have such a diverse group of students and yet get them all to be attentive. 

The kenya high club members plan to introduce basic computer skills to the students, teach them astronomy software and games as well as basic astronomy concepts. They also plan to invite the young children and their parents to the school and teach them about the cool hands-on universe activities they have been doing. 

 

We hope that this project will have a positive effect of the performance of the students and will further create a good working relationship between the two schools. i am so proud of the students and i wish them all the best in their new community service project. 

Nairobi School club members also plan to adapt an orphanage and mentor the young boys in the home. 

We will keep updating the project as it continues.