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On Wednesday afternoons, we bring approximately 30 children directly from school to the Department of Education for tutoring with Department of Education Staff. Each volunteer is assigned to a specific child whom he or she tutors each week. HKids staff takes school buses to pick up the children, and the buses meet the volunteers at FB6 at approximately 4:00 pm.
We have kids in grades K-12, and many of them are working below grade level. Each child in Horton's Kids receives a specific learning plan customized to their individual academic needs. Tutors help the children meet their learning goals by using our extensive supply of books, interactive games, and math and literacy hands-on materials.
At 5:15 pm, volunteers clean up the tables, return books or other materials to their containers, and return their child’s individual work to his/her folder. Each Volunteer holds on to his or her child’s folder until the next tutoring session. Volunteers walk their children out to our bus, and HKids staff takes them home.
Wednesday Tutor Commitment
In order to give the children the greatest consistency which they so desperately need as well as enable the HKids staff to facilitate tutoring for so many children, we have a tutor commitment that we hope each tutor will follow:
- Attend at least 90% of tutoring sessions, as scheduled, for one year (i.e. miss no more
than 4 sessions during the year, keeping in mind we not scheduled most holidays anyway) -OR- Recruit a tutoring partner and ensure at least one of you is present for your child each week of tutoring;
- Fill in as needed by tutoring another child on days that your child is absent;
- E-mail or call The Director of Volunteers if you are unable to attend BY NOON the day of tutoring;
- If you must miss a tutoring session, please notify your child by either
(1) telling him/her at tutoring the week before
(2) telling him/her by phone or
(3) e-mailing a note to The Director of Volunteers which she will print and deliver to your child
- Attend at least three tutor training sessions during the year;
- Set-up and/or clean up tutoring supplies one or two months throughout the year, as needed;
- Escort your child safely and quietly between the buses and the building.
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