Mission and Guiding Principles Overview / Mentoring / Mission, Principles / Results Mission:  To provide a caring adult to serve as a positive and consistent advocate for a student in his or her academic, social, and emotional growth.   Guiding Principles: Mentoring helps students learn to build positive relationships. Students thrive when they have a trusted relationship with an adult. Students develop self-confidence when meeting goals they create with mentors When students feel confident they participate more in class, decrease aggressive behavior, and have better relationships with their peers.