Meet the Match: Ellen Spitzer and Kelsy

Meet Kelsy, a sophomore, at Marion High School, and mentor Ellen Spitzer who meet each week in Project Leadership’s mentoring program, which matches community volunteers with local Twenty-first Century Scholar students.

Kelsy
Career goals: Cosmetology, Veterinarian
Favorite subject: English, Choir.
Favorite book: She Said Yes, Child Called It.
Hobbies/Interests: Orchestra, Writing Poems.
Family: Mom, Sandy; Dad, Scott; brother, Scott Jr.; step Mom, Debbie; step brother, Chavis.
School: Marion High School.

Ellen Spitzer
Career goals: Retired Elementary School Teacher.
Favorite subject: Physics, History.
Favorite book: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago and Jean Lee Latham, Carry on Mr. Bowditch.
Hobbies/interests: Working with young children, dancing, reading.
Family: Husband, Herb; four married children, twelve grandchildren.
School: Marian College in Indianapolis BA El Ed./ History; Ball State University, MA.

TO LEARN ABOUT THE MENTORING PROGRAM: Visit www.projectleadership.org or call Project Leadership at 651-0650.