The PAL Program is a site-based mentoring program that matches a
Rogers County public school student with a caring adult mentor. The
mentor strives to be the student’s friend role model motivator and
personal advocate. The mentor’s purpose is to build self-esteem
confidence and self-worth in the student while building a
friendship. Mentors are good listeners people who care and people
who want to help young people discover their strengthsnStudents are
typically referred to the PAL Program by their teacher or school
counselor. This can be for a variety of reasons. A common reason is
that the student is seen as someone who could benefit from having a
caring adult friend at school.nMentors meet with their students
once a week for about an hour at school during the school day
generally during one of the student’s elective classes. Meeting
away from school grounds is not allowed in the PAL Program.n