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Tasneem Campos '08


                                                                                   Each year, every senior is
                                                                                   paired with a Carrollton
                                                                                   alumna who is to become
                                                                                   that senior's mentor.  The
                                                                                    pair meets at the Mentor
                                                                                    Breakfast where they get
                                                                                   to know each other for the
                                                                                   first time. After this, they
                                                                                   get together for Shadow
                                                                                    Day, when each senior
                                                                                    accompanies her "alum
                                                                                    chum " to work or just for
                                                                                    an  outing so that the senior
                                                                                    can  learn  more about her
                                                                                    alumna's daily life.  The
                                                                                    purpose of this tradition
                                                                                    is to build community,
                                                                                    in  accordance with the
                                                                                    Sacred  Heart Goals,
                                                                                    and to establish  life-long
                                                                                    friendships.  As the seniors
                                                                                    enter a new and exciting
                                                                                    time  in their lives,  it is
                                                                                    comforting for them to
                                                                                    know that they will always
                                                                                    have a connection with
                                                                                    someone who  has been
                                                                                    down a very similar path
                                                                                    and  has succeeded.












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