About the Project

The Anaheim Kids for Kindness proposal seeks to address the critical need for equity and access to high-quality educational experiences for ALL students, regardless of ability, disability diagnosis, or social emotional needs. Student Mentor Guides will be trained and grouped with students who are differently abled for the year and will work on a number of small projects together. Our students who are often labeled “high caliber” kids are exposed to several workshops, conferences, and training, and unfortunately, these opportunities become exclusive to them and are considered equal access, but are not equitable. The goal of this grant is four fold: 1) Train Student Mentor Guides and create opportunities to form genuine friendships with differently abled; 2), encourage as many of our differently abled students to attend leadership or skill based workshops with a Student Mentor Guide; 3) Have the mentors lead smaller scale workshops for the differently abled students; 4) Provide students with real world experiences through learning based field trips and community building events at local venues.