CAP Mentor Application 2020
Thank you for your interest in serving as a CAP Mentor! The Harvard Club of Seattle Crimson Achievement Program (CAP) provides promising local high school students (CAP Scholars) with the opportunity to gain new learning, receive mentorship support, and participate in enrichment opportunities that illuminate their path to college, beginning with a Club-funded, school district-led field trip to Harvard and other colleges in Greater Boston. Drawn from Western Washington school districts that serve predominantly low-income populations, CAP Scholars, in turn, invest in the college and career readiness of their peers by providing at least 10 annual hours of mentorship and service to other students in their district.

MENTOR ELIGIBILITY
All current, full-time Harvard undergraduates from Western Washington are eligible to serve as CAP Mentors, as are Recent Grads who (1) hold a degree from any Harvard school, (2) earned their first bachelor's degree within the last five years (i.e. no earlier than 2015), and (3) reside in Western Washington.

MENTOR EXPECTATIONS
CAP Mentors are critical to the success of this initiative, serving as role models and guides to CAP Scholars. Recruited from among 10th graders in Highline School District (i.e. the area surrounding SeaTac Airport), each CAP Scholar is matched with one undergraduate CAP Mentor and/or one recent graduate CAP Mentor. Each CAP Mentor should check-in at least monthly with his/her mentee by phone, email, video chat, or other remote means (for safety and insurance reasons, mentorship pairs must not meet one-on-one in-person). These monthly check-ins provide an opportunity for CAP Mentors to share updates on college life and/or young professional development, ask CAP Scholars how things are going and field questions about college prep, suggest enrichment opportunities of potential interest to the CAP Scholars, and recommend local service opportunities that advance the college/career readiness of the CAP Scholars' peers (for reference, CAP Mentors will regularly receive updated lists of potential enrichment and service opportunities to share with mentees). In addition to remote monthly check-ins, CAP Mentors should encourage their mentees to participate in CAP Events (local group outings organized on a quarterly basis by our CAP Chairs - currently, Michael Bervell '19 and TJ Hazen '20), and each CAP Mentor is required to attend at least one CAP Event per year with his/her CAP Scholar (for undergraduate CAP Mentors, this means over summer or winter break). We ask that each CAP Mentor commit to serve for at least ONE YEAR.


APPLICATION DEADLINE:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27
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Full Name (Last, First Middle) *
Preferred Email Address *
Harvard Degree and (Anticipated) Graduation Year *
If you did not graduate from Harvard College, where and when did you earn your (first) bachelor's degree?
Are/were you a first-generation college student? *
Are/were you eligible for the Pell Grant?
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Why are you interested in serving as a CAP Mentor? (250 words or less) *
Do you have prior experience mentoring youth? *
If yes, please describe your past mentorship experience (include names of mentorship organizations and dates of mentorship service).
In accordance with school district volunteer policy, all CAP Mentors must complete a WATCH Check and fingerprint-based FBI Identity History Summary Check (the Harvard Club of Seattle will pay/reimburse any associated expenses). If selected as a CAP Mentor, do you authorize the Harvard Club of Seattle to request a WATCH Check for you and agree to complete the FBI Check by January 13, 2020, sharing the full results in confidence with Highline Public Schools? *
Date of Birth (for WATCH Check)
This question is optional at this stage, but DOB is required if selected as a CAP Mentor, so that the Harvard Club of Seattle can request a WATCH Check.
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Please list two references. *
Please provide the name, organization, title, and contact info (including email address) for TWO individuals who can serve as references. These can be professors, employers, volunteer supervisors, etc., but they should not be immediate family members. Also, please note that your references do not need to supply letters of recommendation, though we will contact them to ask about your readiness to serve as a mentor.  
Does the Club have your permission to share the contents of this application with the CAP Co-Chairs, Michael Bervell '19 and TJ Hazen '20, as well as key staff at Highline School District? *
Questions, comments, or additional Information you would like to share?
Thank you again for your interest in supporting local students and schools through the HCS Crimson Achievement Program!
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