Boys Hope Girls Hope @

Catherine McAuley High School

2008-09 Partner Site Profile

Number of Pairs: 32

Length of Matches: 1, 2, 3, and 4 year matches                              

iMentor Partner Since: 2004

Location: East Flatbush, Brooklyn                                      

iMentor Program Coordinator: Jessica Mowles

Boys Hope Girls Hope Teachers: David Ortiz, Sister Pat Gale, and Sister Pat Kearney

About the iMentor Partnership

Since 2004, iMentor has provided mentors to the young women who board at Catherine McAuley High School, now run by Boys Hope Girls Hope New York. Boys Hope Girls Hope “helps academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities, and education through college.” This boarding program provides for the cost of the education at Catherine McAuley and the dorming program, and helps students to focus on their studies in the socially and academically supportive environment. The young women live in the Catherine McAuley dormitory from Sunday evenings to Friday afternoons and stay with their families in their home communities on the weekends.

Through this partnership, iMentor has matched 32 freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior students, and all mentor-mentee pairs will remain matched in multi-year relationships until high school graduation. The seniors (class of 2009) will be the first mentees in our organization’s history to have been matched with their mentors for all four years of high school!

The iMentor session, led by teacher David Ortiz with assistance from Sister Pat Gale and Sister Pat Kearney, is just one of the many enriching activities the girls participate in after school.

Travel Directions

Address: 710 East 37th Street Brooklyn, NY 11203
With view of subway:	With close-up street view:
Visit Hopstop at: http://www.hopstop.com/map?zip=11203&address=710+E+37TH+ST&nearby=s
NOTE: Catherine McAuley HS is located in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn and is within walking distance of Brooklyn College and the junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. Main Entrance: Third set of doors on East 37th off Foster Avenue.
By Subway: Irt #2 Or #5 train toward Flatbush Ave and get off at the Newkirk Avenue stop. Come up at Newkirk and Nostrand and cross Nostrand with St. Jerome’s Church behind you. Walk six blocks along Newkirk Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue and make a right. Enter the school by walking along the driveway on the left hand side of the street, which will lead to the school’s parking lot. Take an immediate right and face the street, in which direction there will be a short flight of stairs leading to a brown door. Enter the school through this door.
By Bus: The B-8 (Avenue D) to East 37th Street, B-6 or B-11 (Glenwood Rd) to East 37th Street, or B-44 (Nostrand Avenue / New York Avenue) to Avenue D

About Catherine McAuley HS

Location: Catherine McAuley HS is located in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Mission: Catherine McAuley High School, a small, all-girls Catholic school, was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Mercy, and has provided an "Education for Life" for over 60 years. Catherine McAuley HS offers a student-centered curriculum and enables the students to go forward into society and contribute positively to her community and her world.  Catherine McAuley HS stimulates them academically, develops good moral character, awakens inner strength, provides experiences in self awareness, and provides social and athletic experiences.

Learn More: For Catherine McAuley HS’s Official Website, visit: http://www.mcauleybrooklyn.org For Boys Hope Girls Hope Official Website, visit: www.bhghny.org

• As participants in the Boys Hope Girls Hope boarding program, the girls are called “scholars.”
• 100% of scholars who complete the boarding program go on to college.
• Greater than 80% of scholars achieve a GPA of 3.0 or better, and 100% achieve a GPA of 2.0 or better.
• In addition to iMentor, all of the girls participate in community service activities.
• Several McAuley mentees have been elected to and served in Student Government positions for the past three years!
• In October 2008, 100% of the freshman scholars sent at least one iMentor email every week!

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iMentor's 2008-09 Partner Sites