FOSTORIA – St. Wendelin Catholic School Faith in Action classes and freshmen theology classes have
begun to volunteer their time to mentor students in Fostoria City Schools through project MORE.Project MORE
is a volunteer-based reading mentoring program for at-risk students.FCS Project MORE coordinator Pam Berrier
has worked with Mike Amlin, SWCS principal, in facilitating St. Wendelin Catholic School’s involvement.SWCS
is providing the busing needed to transport the students from SWCS to Fostoria City Schools where the
students have begun to mentor children in various grades. Students will continue to travel to FCS at least
twice a week to work with the children for a half hour.SWCS students attended an orientation given by
Berrier on Project MORE in which they learned about Project MORE as well as being instructed on how to be a
tutor. Besides the orientation, students were also involved in a training session. Project MORE provides a
very specific plan for each mentee. Mentors are also given detailed lesson plans to follow each time they
work with a child.Students from the SWCS Communicative Arts class are no strangers to reading to children.
In fact, students visit Wesley Preschool twice a month and read stories to the pre-K 4 classes. Cindy
Taylor, SWCS librarian, began the program this year by presenting a lesson on how to read to children. The
lesson emphasizes selecting the correct reading material, using various techniques in keeping children
engaged, and proper use of a person’s voice when reading aloud. The students then practice reading to each
other and in front of the class.