Hi, Mentor ! Are you as excited about the new school year as we are here at Take Stock in Children Pasco? We are bringing over 30 new students into our program! Check out the list below.

Our Mentor Coordinator is busy this week matching up veteran mentors (whose previous mentee graduated) with some of our new students. We are still actively recruiting and training new mentors to take on additional scholars. We are also verifying current school office and guidance secretary contacts at the school. SO...be on the lookout next week for your mentor match letter and updated information for the new year. Mentors taking on new students are invited to attend an official Meet & Greet on August 27 (see Important Dates below for details).

We have added a couple more mentor training sessions next week if you know of someone who would love an opportunity to mentor one of our students. Feel free to pass this email along to them or have them call our Mentor Coordinator, Gina Granger, at (813) 794-2134 for more information.

Mentors who completed training in the past with us are always welcome at any of these sessions but you are NOT REQUIRED to attend if you have completed training before with TSIC Pasco.
IMPORTANT! Any volunteers, including our mentors, who enter Pasco County Schools must submit an annual volunteer application and background check. July 1st was the start of the new year for the school district and so all of you who are continuing on as mentors with our program or just coming on board as new mentors, must click the link below to complete the Pasco County Schools Volunteer Application. Without an updated, approved district volunteer application on file, you will not be allowed to enter the school to meet with your student.
  • August 12 - 23 - No mentor sessions with students during the first two weeks of school.
  • Tuesday, August 27, at 5:30PM - 6PM in Building 2 of the Pasco School District Complex, all mentors of new students entering the TSIC program are invited for an official Meet & Greet. You are also welcome to attend (but not required) the official Signing Event that takes place starting at 6PM (until about 8PM) with all new TSIC students and their families. However, mentors will not be able to sit with the students and their parent(s) during the Signing Event.
Hey mentors! Do you love major league baseball? Our partners at the Tampa Bay Rays will be hosting us in a suite at their game this Sunday at 1:10PM as they take on the Detroit Tigers. We have 4 seats available if any of our mentors would like to attend.

If you are interested, please reply to this email by noon Friday, 8/16, and let us know. We'll enter your name in a drawing and award two winners with two seats to Sunday's game.
Anclote High School
  • 11th grade girl
  • 10th grade boy
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade boy

Fivay High School
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl

Gulf High School
  • 9th grade girl

River Ridge High School
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade boy

Wendell Krinn Technical High School
  • 10th grade girl

Cypress Creek Middle/High School
  • 10th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl

Land O Lakes High School
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade girl
Pasco High School
  • 11th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl

Sun Lake High School
  • 11th grade boy
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade boy

Wesley Chapel High School
  • 9th grade girl

Wiregrass Ranch High School
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade girl
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade girl

Zephyrhills High School
  • 11th grade girl
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade boy
  • 9th grade girl
NEW SESSIONS ADDED! Which hour-long training session would you like to attend?
Monday, August 19, 11AM - 12PM [Portable 8A]
Thursday, August 22, 11AM - 12PM [Portable 8A]
All training sessions will be held at the Pasco County School District Headquarters located at 7227 Land O' Lakes Blvd, Land O' Lakes, FL 34638, in Portable 8A. Click here for a map of the district c omplex.

We are looking to add another class held at a Zephyrhills location for several new mentors in the east Pasco area that still need training. The date is not yet confirmed but we are hoping for the morning of Wednesday, 8/21.
Here's a brand new link for the 2019-2020 school year to log your sessions after each visit with your mentee!
We are looking forward to an amazing school year for our Take Stock scholars, Mentor , and we are excited for you to be a part of it!