The Wisconsin State Journal recently reported on MSAN’s work in the Madison area in a report headlined, “Middleton High School minority mentors work to help elementary students achieve.”

Members of the MSAN program engage in mentoring; this occurs in member districts nationwide, including the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Middleton, Wisconsin. Middleton High School students mentor students weekly at three different elementary schools.

According to the State Journal report, high school students are currently mentoring during the high school’s lunch hour, but they hope that it will be developed into a class they can receive credit for.

The Middle-Cross Plains district will also be hosting the next annual MSAN conference, which was held in Boston last year. Students from around the nation come together to brainstorm plans of action to bring back home — the mentoring program was one of many plans from past conferences.

Middleton High student Jaeda Coleman, who is looking forward to being a part of this year’s conference, tells the State Journal about their role: “We are really excited to plan it and control what happens that weekend — to get to be in charge of the topics we talk about.”

This conference will also take place while MSAN is celebrating its 20th anniversary, a big milestone for the network.

Read the full Wisconsin State Journal report on WSJ’s entire article this madison.com web page.