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Why Have a Mentoring Program
featuring Joe CardenasWhy Have a Mentoring Program
Boys need mentors. We know this intuitively from our observations of young and older boys alike. But why? Join Mr. Joe Cardenas (Head of Mentoring) and Alex Berthe (7th Grade Core Teacher) for a conversation on why boys–and their parents–need mentoring.
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Mentoring a Good Summer
featuring Joe CardenasMentoring a Good Summer
To assist your son in developing systems to help him actualize his summer goals, download the free Heights Summer Planner here. Click here to watch the follow-up webinar for this episode. While summer is a time for rest and relaxation, it is also an opportunity for personal growth. Indeed, the increase in external freedom, which the summer months often afford our sons, provides an occasion for growth in interior freedom. In this week’s episode, Mr. Joe Cardenas, head of mentoring at The Heights School, discusses how you can help your...
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On Mentoring Struggling Students: Fighting the Right Fires
featuring Dave MaxhamOn Mentoring Struggling Students: Fighting the Right Fires
Continuing with the theme of mentoring, this week Mr. David Maxham discusses how we, as parents and teachers, can better mentor struggling students by taking a step back and focusing on the basics. He offers three practical guideposts for these wonderful guys to strive for as they take steps toward becoming the man they were made to be. We remain, as always, optimistic. After establishing a relationship of trust with your mentees, Mr. Maxham recommends helping our boys structure their days around the following three key moments: Waking up in...
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Podcast
Praise and Affirmation without Flattery
featuring Alex BerthéPraise and Affirmation without Flattery
Heights Teacher and Mentor, Alex Berthe, discusses the importance of proper praise in the moral development of boys. Our culture tends towards two extremes: we are either overly critical, or excessively flattering. Alex helps us walk the mean as we guide our sons to a solid confidence in our love for them, and in their rock solid understanding of their identity as sons of God.
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On Addressing Character Defects through Tough Love
featuring Joe CardenasOn Addressing Character Defects through Tough Love
As teachers, we sometimes succumb to the desire to be liked, or to the fear of being disliked, by our students. This disposition can cost our students one of the greatest benefits an education can offer: being called out for a consistent character flaw. If we don’t call these things to our boys’ attention, their dominant flaws may go unchecked, only to hurt them more in the long run. Joe Cardenas, Head of Mentoring at The Heights, offers his thoughts on how to show tough love through difficult corrections.