What is the CARE?
CARE is STM’s way of making education personal and holistic. Through CARE, members of the school community are given opportunities to actualize what it means to really care and be concerned not only for academics but also for the life-long development of students.

What activities are carried out through CARE?
Many activities are carried out through CARE. The Homeroom program, individual mentoring system, advocacy campaigns, and outreach activities are a few.

What do students do in the homeroom program? What topics do they discuss?
In every CARE/Homeroom session, the secondary students discuss topics based on a module following the IB learner profile framework. Each module is replete with texts and activities that allow students to strengthen their self-identity and their resolve to live virtues and values that prove helpful in their academic and social lives. For instance, we recently held an anti-bullying campaign. The homeroom module discussed the importance of friendship in fighting bullying. CARE, together with the student council, prepared activities for the entire student body for this relevant advocacy campaign. I believe students had a lot of fun! In the primary school, the Personal and Social Education (PSE) sessions enable the younger students to start to develop similar qualities to those discussed in the Homeroom sessions.

How is this relevant to CARE's program goals?
The Homeroom and PSE programs are indispensable for reinforcing positive school habits. We know that positive habits and attitudes make up a positive school culture, a necessary component in every successful school. The homeroom program is the instructional arm of the mentoring program, supporting the long withheld belief that values are not only caught, they are also taught.

So what is the mentoring program?
Each student in our Primary and Secondary departments are assigned a teacher-mentor. In the Secondary school, the mentor talks to the student once a month (or as needed) about anything the student wishes to disclose. Topics may include academic goals, school concerns, career plans, etc. In the Primary school the mentor meets the student every two weeks. All mentoring sessions are done in full discretion and refinement.

How is this helpful to students?
Students are given a chance to talk about their concerns to their mentor. This in itself is valuable help already. It is always reassuring to know that someone is always there to listen to you in full trust that whatever you talk about remains confidential. Wouldn’t we all want that!