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Discuss “Mentorship program looks for students”

Calling all kid lovers: bring your energy and enthusiasm to the Leaders in Learning mentorship program this spring.

Leaders in Learning is a program that connects Carnegie Mellon student mentors with schoolchildren in the third through fifth grades in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. The program consists of a variety of workshops aimed at fostering creativity in elementary school kids. The workshops are focused on reading and writing but touch on areas ranging from theater to hip-hop to robotics.

"We're looking to overwhelm these kids with all sorts of wonderful things," said coordinator Ann Wootton. "It's really a reading, writing, and speaking workshop, but we are looking to get them excited... through different subject matters."

The program...

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