The John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation Goal Program

The Mazie Mentoring program asks mentors to help their mentees set three, six, twelve and twenty-four month goals, and finally the goal of graduating from high school prepared to attend a post-secondary educational program. The Foundation hopes mentees learn how to set goals and take the steps necessary to achieve them. Foundation staff is available to both mentors and mentees to help choose the best goals, but the most important criteria is the student's own interest and motivation.

Three Month Goals:

(2) volunteer activities completed by the mentor and mentee together.

The Foundation organizes a group volunteer activity for the mentoring pairs.

Each mentor/mentee pair also participates in one additional volunteer activity.

The suggested length for these activities is two-four hours.

For a list of potential volunteer activities in the Framingham area, click here.

At the Award Ceremony to receive the three-month goal award, students are asked to tell Foundation staff about the two volunteer activities they participated in with their mentors, as well as their plans for their two six-month goals. Students are also asked to explain what they plan to do differently in order to achieve their six-month goals. For example, if a student plans to improve a grade in English from a C- to the B range, the student might say he plans to do the required homework every day, especially the required reading, and to start all papers at least one week before they are due.

Six Month Goals:

Each Mentee is asked to develop at least two goals from the areas of Career, Education, Health and Personal. The goals should be a stretch, but not too difficult. Students have three-months to achieve these two goals.

A Career goal might be to have a discussion with two professionals in a field the mentee has an interest in or to shadow someone on the job. An Educational goal might be to improve school attendance over three months or a grade in one or two courses. A Health goal could be to quit smoking or to exercise regularly. A Personal goal could be to save a certain amount of money at a specific rate each week or to improve a relationship with a parent or sibling.

At the Award Ceremony to receive the six-month goal award, students are asked to tell Foundation staff about the two goals they have achieved with the support of their mentors, as well as their plans for their one choice twelve-month goal. Students are also asked to explain what they plan to do differently in order to achieve their one-year goal.

One Year Goals:

Two goals are required. The first goal is similar to the six-month goal above. Each mentee is asked to develop a goal from the areas of Career, Education, Health and Personal, but this time the goal should be more of a stretch as the Mentee has more time to invest in achieving it-about six months.

The second goal is mandated by the Foundation and has four steps:

1. Identify at least three colleges or post-secondary educational programs to which the Mentee can gain admittance, based on the colleges' SAT, GPA and course requirements.
2. Acquire the admission catalogues of the colleges and write one essay that could serve as part of the application for one of the colleges.
3. Research the process of applying for financial aid at one college.
4. At the one-year award event:
   1. Report on why the colleges were chosen and how their requirements match up against the Mentee's academic records.
   2. Discuss the application process for financial aid.
   3. Read the college application essay and present a copy to the Foundation.

At the Award Ceremony, mentors are asked to introduce their mentees before the mentees give their presentations as explained in #4 above.

Senior Year Goals:

The Senior-year goal is completed during the course of two Foundation-run workshops, offered in September/October and December of students' senior year. Both mentors and mentees attend. Upon completion of the first workshop, students should have a draft of Part I of the Two-year goal, the Vision Statement, which they should polish with their mentors and bring to the second workshop. Upon completion of the second workshop, students should have a draft of Part II, the Mission Statement. The final two-year goal statements should be polished and word processed. Students read their Vision statements at the Mentor Recognition Dinner and submit a copy of both the Vision and Mission statements to the Foundation.

Please click here to review the Senior-year goal.