The Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) program in Cherry Creek School District, Englewood, Colorado, is a special program that high school students take for credit. Planning for the general program began a year before the course was to be taught. The program, now self-supporting, has two major expenses--released time for the elementary and secondary teachers, and transportation for the high school students to the elementary schools. No special teaching materials or building facilities are required. With the cooperation of the high school and elementary teachers, the high school students plan social studies units at the beginning of each six-week period. The major topic is introduced, and the high school students then work with small groups of elementary students to study the topic in depth. Major needs that can be met through MAL are: 1) high school students have more opportunities to apply their knowledge than are usually provided in the secondary curriculum; 2) elementary children receive more individual instruction and begin to learn at a rate nearer to their potential; 3) high school students explore their feelings and attitudes toward working with elementary children; and, 4) the improvement of communications and work relationships between the elementary and secondary schools. Evaluation results indicate that the high school students have a lower absence rate during the semester in MAL; and there is a slight improvement in the overall grade point average for these students. (JLB)