Sarah believes in advocating for her students both on campus and in the community. Sarah helps to provide students on campus with new ways to cope with stress including round-table discussion groups and a peer-to-peer mental health educator program. Volunteers met individually with students under Sarah’s direction, working with students to talk about GPAs, grades, college and career plans, and to check on progress toward meeting their goals. Eighty students on Sarah’s 2014-15 caseload received success coaching three times during the school year. During her first year at Eastside Memorial, Sarah implemented a success coaching program at Eastside. The Communities In Schools program at Eastside Memorial is managed by Sarah and serves 115 students. Sarah’s work demonstrates that meeting students where they are, taking the time to listen and understand, and tailoring the support offered to the unique circumstances of the student really can keep students from dropping out, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.” Her nomination letter from the community said, “ Sarah is an American Graduate Champion because she does whatever it takes to help her students, from providing basic needs assistance and individual and group sessions, to success coaching to help her students stay on track with their academic goals. Today’s Champion is Sarah Shaney!Sarah works as a CIS Program Manager at Eastside Memorial High School.
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