8th Graders Begin Inly Mentoring Program
If you have a child in Toddler House, Children’s House, or Lower Elementary, you may begin to hear about the 8th graders who have recently joined their class.
Each spring the 8th graders embark on a structured mentoring program with the younger students at Inly for 45 minutes, twice a week. The goals of the mentoring program are for the students to:
- Build relationships with younger students at Inly.
- Connect (or re-connect) with teachers in the younger grades.
- Provide the mentors with some real-life illustrations of the different stages of human development (which ties into a project they're working on right now) and experience with Montessori (particularly interesting for the 8th graders as they're getting ready to go on to their next schools).
As far as the younger children are concerned, they now have “big kids” who know them and can give them high-fives in the hallways, on the playground, and at Morning Share. They have new buddies in the classroom they can work with on math, reading, science, and cultural studies lessons. And they have the unique experience of deepening their ties in the Inly community.
Meet the Class of 2014...
Ashley Antico (Cohasset)
- Started at Inly in Toddler House
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Inly Players, Montessori Model United Nations, MS Rock Band, AISNE Diversity Conference, ASP help, Icebreaker Rowing Team, Running Club
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Chinese, sewing, horseback riding, volunteering at Friendship Home, piano, voice lessons, tennis, art classes, softball, surfing, and sailing
- MS internships: Bella’s Bakery, Massachusetts State Senate
- Most memorable MS Friday group initiative: Poetry slam
- Favorite MS arts elective: Chorus
- Most relevant real-world committee experience: Presenting the Green Committee’s plan to the Inly faculty and staff
Dean Chamberlin (Hingham)
- Started at Inly in Middle School
- Inly MS extracurriculars: MAC flag football, soccer, and basketball; AISNE Diversity Conference, Icebreaker Rowing Team, ASP help (Chinese class, basketball, soccer)
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Baseball at South Shore Baseball Club
- MS internships: South Shore Baseball Club, Weir River Farm
- Most memorable MS Friday class: The Investment Game
- Favorite MS arts elective: Album cover design
- Most repeated MS mantra: “Trust the Process.”
Jordan Cokinos (Hanover)
- Started at Inly in Toddler House
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Assisting in Toddler House, Variety Show coach
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Hockey, dance
- MS internships: Ginger Betty’s Bakery, South Shore Pottery
- Most memorable MS Friday field study: Once, last year, it was too windy to row, so we went on a fun hike through the woods.
- Favorite MS arts elective: Album cover design
- Advice for future middle schoolers: Don’t be nervous! When I came to middle school, I was petrified for absolutely no reason. Everyone was really welcoming, so don’t worry.
Ali Faulkner (Abington)
- Started at Inly in Upper Elementary
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Icebreaker Rowing Team, ASP help (Silks class)
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Gymnastics, tae kwon do
- MS internships: Jack Foley Photography, Su Escuela Language Academy
- Most memorable MS Friday field study: Rowing
- Favorite MS arts elective: Advertising jingles
- Most relevant real-world committee experience: Filling out checks and deposit slips for Pizza Business
Quentin Hill (Cohasset)
- Started at Inly in Middle School
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Icebreaker Rowing Team, Running Club, Lego Robotics
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Computer programming, robotics, Boy Scouts, video games
- MS internships: 143 TV, Poll Buzzer
- Most memorable MS Friday field study: Camping
- Favorite MS arts elective: Album cover design
- Coolest MS Project Week experience: Creating a film
Caroline Leta (Marshfield)
- Started at Inly in Toddler House
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Inly Players, Icebreaker Rowing Team, AISNE Diversity Conference, Montessori Model United Nations, ASP help (Improv and Duct Tape classes, Variety Show coach), Running Club
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Dance
- MS internships: Clay Chick Pottery, Camp Burgess and Hayward
- Most memorable MS Friday class: The Investment Game
- Favorite MS arts elective: Album cover design
- Advice for future middle schoolers: Never ask what we’re doing on a Friday afternoon.
Charlie McDonald (Scituate)
- Started at Inly in Middle School
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Inly Players, Variety Show Coach, Montessori Model United Nations, Icebreaker Rowing Team, AISNE Diversity Conference, Running Club
- MS internships: Photography and Communications at Inly, WATD Radio
- Most transferrable skill from Project Week and Internship Weeks: Having fun while working hard
- Favorite MS arts elective: Social Dance from the 50s to Present Day
- Favorite class assignment: Writing text messages between MLK and Malcolm X
John McNeil (Abington)
- Started at Inly in Upper Elementary
- Inly MS extracurriculars: MAC basketball and soccer, Variety Show Coach, Montessori Model United Nations, AISNE Diversity Conference, Running Club
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: basketball, track, film making, hiking, hanging out with friends
- MS internships: Company Theater, Day Care Center
- Most memorable Project Week experience: Self-defense class
- Advice for future middle schoolers: Take as many opportunities as you can.
Abby Park (Scituate)
- Started at Inly in Children’s House
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Montessori Model United Nations
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Gymnastics, Live Blue Ambassador (New England Aquarium), surfing
- MS internships: Hanover YMCA, Scituate Community Television
- Biggest risk taken during MS: Singing at the Coffee House
- Advice for future middle schoolers: Trust the process, start your work early, and don’t be afraid to ask the teachers for help.
Sam Sheer (Norwell)
- Started at Inly in Children’s House
- Inly MS extracurriculars: MAC soccer, basketball, and flag football, Inly Players, Running Club, Icebreaker Rowing Team
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Football, lacrosse, crossfit
- MS internships: Weir River Farm, Hanover Town Hall
- Most memorable MS Friday class: The Investment Game
Rebekah Stewartson (Dorchester)
- Started at Inly in Lower Elementary
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Variety Show, MAC basketball, Montessori Model United Nations, Chorus
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Achieve program at Nobles and Greenough, church choir
- MS internships: Luxe Boston Boutique, Julia Aguste Day Care
- Favorite MS arts elective: Voice class
Isabel Witkos (Cohasset)
- Started at Inly in Upper Elementary
- Inly MS extracurriculars: Inly Players
- Beyond Inly activities/interests: Soccer, horseback riding
- MS internships: Goodie’s Antique Store, Cohasset Greenery
- Coolest MS Project Week experience: Photography class
- Biggest risk taken during MS: Rowing
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Ashley
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Dean
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Jordan
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Ali
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Quentin
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Caroline
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Charlie
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John
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Abby
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Sam
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Rebekah
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Izzy
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