Interested in Making a Real Difference in a Student's Life? Be a Mentor.

Shepherds (www.shepherdsmentors.org) is looking for mentors, sponsors and donors for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year for students beginning high school at Kolbe Cathedral in Bridgeport and Notre Dame in West Havewn. We help to close the achievement gap in CT's inner cities by providing at-risk students with a quality preparatory education and pairing them with a mentor.

The Shepherds’ program targets inner-city youth in the greater Bridgeport and New Haven area who need the support of a small class environment in order to succeed. The students who enter our program have a history of struggling academically in the public school system and tend to lack a strong support system at home. They come from families living below the poverty line, often with a single working parent, parents who have not graduated high school themselves and parents who are non-proficient English speakers. These challenges, coupled with residing in neighborhoods with low high school graduation rates, significantly decrease their likelihood of graduating from public schools and going onto college.

Shepherds works! Our graduation rate is 100% with the majority of our students continuing on to higher education. Contact us at (203) 367-4273 or visit us online at www.shepherdsmentors.org. Join Shepherds in...changing lives one student at a time.