As high school students continue to strive to reach the school theme, “We Are One: Growing in Christ,” they grow in mentoring the junior high students through the Brother to Brother program, which pairs upperclassmen boys with junior high boys. This guidance program aims to bring the school community together, while also providing the junior high students with support.

Brother to Brother allows each pair of students to meet both on campus and off campus for lunch, in order to provide bonding between the two boys.

Brother to Brother advisor Terry Richards, has coordinated this program for the past four years, where he has seen the program grow over the years.

“The purpose of Brother to Brother is to provide a mentoring experience between a junior high student and using a high schooler who has already had experience,” Richards said. “The brothers get together to talk about life situations, offer advice to each other and go off-campus to have lunch together.”

Once a month, Richards plans a training session for the high schoolers to see how they are growing spiritually at school. He expects the students to be men of integrity, men of the word and men of purity.

As a first-time student in Brother to Brother, junior higher Reece Trevino, ’19, enjoys his time at the program.

“I’m in Brother to Brother because my older brother {Trevor Trevino} told me that it’s a good experience and I should do it when I’m in high school,” Trevino said. “My brother told me about it when he was in seventh grade and that made me interested in joining the program.”

Trevino is enjoying Brother to Brother so far even though it is his first year. As a seventh grader, he would want to join the program when he is in high school to give back in a similar way.

“I am enjoying this program because my older brother {Cole Nale} and I have known a lot about each other and the fact that we also get to go off-campus to eat,” Trevino said. “I would definitely take Brother to Brother in high school because I would like to mentor a junior high student on how to succeed high school.”

Trevino’s older brother Cole Nale, ’15, enjoys being in the program. Nale appreciated being able to make friends with students younger than him.

“I enjoy being in Brother to Brother because it’s a lot of fun making friends with a junior higher,” Nale said. “We also get to go off campus to eat and spend time with my friends.”

The brothers will have a “Brothers Night Out” event hosted by Caleb Nale, ’14, who has opened his house to all the high school brothers, Nov. 9. The group will play games, watch a movie and spend time with each other.

“On November ninth all the older brothers are coming to my house and we are going to play paintball, watch a movie and talk about manly stuff,” Caleb said. “We are doing this event because we just want to have some bonding time with the older brothers and just have some fun.”

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