Charmeka Lyons, a senior at Maplewood High, has had some life changing experiences of late. One was being recently baptized at Faith is the Victory church. She describes the experience as “Amazing!”. “I just wanted a fresh start, to start over”, she shared. Another life-changer was volunteering with her school at a Nashville homeless program. […]

Nina, PTM’s Elementary Program Director, went to McKissack Middle School to have lunch with her mentee, Dee. She entered this conversation with a boy she didn’t know next to Dee in the office. Boy: Are you Dee’s mentor? Nina: Yes. Boy: I’m too bad to have a mentor…and I’m too old. Sadly, his “confession” reveals […]

Kennedy Rawls, a senior at Battle Ground Academy, makes no bones about her feelings when it comes to PTM students being labeled. She explains that she feels attaching labels such as “at-risk” to PTM students puts them in a box. “Statistics and stereotypes can make us feel like we have failed before we have a […]

Dear Future Wilson Center Director, Thank you for leading PTM’s largest site with enthusiasm, professionalism, playfulness, compassion, and joy. You have the unique gift of creating a space and a program that is safe and fun. Children love coming into the Wilson Center and feeling special. Your students will return years from now and enter […]

“Langston Hughes and probably Maya Angelou.” This is the response from Amaya, a senior at Hillsboro High, when asked who is someone she would want to have lunch with if given a choice. “It is not that I am all about poetry, but I love their words. I would want to ask Maya Angelou how […]