Call for Mentors: Fall After School Program 2023

Kids in Focus is excited to return to Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School for our after-school program this October! We’d love for you to mentor!

8 incredible mentors + 16 deserving kids = KIF Magic

If you can join us for this remarkable journey with the kids, please sign up below. Please be sure you can commit to all dates in bold. We ask you to understand the importance of you being there consistently for your kids. We also understand something unexpected and unavoidable may arise.

All five Field Trip days will start and end at the school. KIF will provide the bus for everyone for the field trips. We will be with the kids for 3 hours. Each mentor will work with the same two kids throughout the program. Additional details, including file-management instructions, will be sent to those who sign up. The Pre-Program Meeting will review the program in detail, answer any remaining questions you may have, provide you with the names and backgrounds of your kids, and allow you to meet the other mentors.

Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School

1025 S. Beck Ave

Tempe, AZ 85281

Schedule:

Mon, Oct 2, 7:00-8:00pm: Pre-Program Meeting via Zoom

Tues, Oct 10, 3:40-7:10pm Field Trip

Tues, Oct 17, 3:40-7:10pm Field Trip

Tues, Oct 24, 3:40-7:10pm Field Trip

(Break for Halloween)

Tues, Nov 7, 3:40-7:10pm Field Trip

Tues, Nov 14, 3:40-7:10pm Field Trip

Wed., Mar 27, 2:45-5:15pm: Field Trip to Mutoh America (*Optional*, but you won’t want to miss). Date subject to change

Thurs, April 4, 5:30-7:30pm: Exhibit Opening

Arizona Heritage Center

Tues, April 9, 2:30-3:30pm: Wrap Party and book signing Time subject to change

Later in November, writers work with the kids in-person to write the titles and captions (mentors will not be present for that session). This group of kids will join two other groups from spring after-school programs at the incredible field trip to Mutoh and again at the Exhibit Opening. There will be other optional opportunities to see the kids during the long break, including the Annual Picnic on December 2nd (details to come).

We understand the After-School Program is a big commitment for each Mentor. It is also the most impactful program for the kids and the most rewarding for the Mentors. The kids’ images taken during this program will be unveiled at the Annual Exhibit Opening on April 4th, and will then travel around the Valley to various locations, starting at the Arizona Science Center.