On Tuesday, Wildcat Youth Mentors and Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy established a partnership to bring some of the over 100 UNH volunteers to the Dover charter school. WYM, a dropout prevention program run by LifeWise Community Projects, now serves eight seacoast area schools in New Hampshire, by providing committed students from UNH, who volunteer one hour each week in a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a deserving teen.

Guidance Director at CATA, Carolyn Schwartz, welcomed the partnership with enthusiasm, knowing that mentoring fits into the school’s model of individual opportunities for students...Read rest of the article