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12 people are interested
Homework & Tutoring Lt. Afternoon-Early Evening
ORGANIZATION: Glenwood Academy
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12 people are interested
We're seeking individuals who would like to mentor or tutor students who are completing their homework assignments, or preparing for tests, during the early evenings in our residence halls. Glenwood can use volunteers who like to assist in one or more of the major academic subject areas and may to choose to work with any grade level from 2-8 Volunteers may elect to work one or more afternoons 3:30-4:30 or evenings 6:00 to 7:30. What some students need the very most is for an adult who will be with them to help them stay focused on the assignment, make sure they understand the instructions/questions, and redirect them to help find the answers for themselves by using the index, glossary, or highlighted areas in the textbook. Our live-in professional house parents who are our own staff members, oversee the residence hall will always be present during this time.
Please feel free to visit our website at www.Glenwoodacademy.org to learn more about our unique residential school and the specialized programs we have to offer to bring deserving students up to and beyond their grade level.
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About Glenwood Academy
Location:
500 W. 187th St., Glenwood, IL 60425, US
Mission Statement
Mission: Glenwood Academy nurtures and educates at-risk children by inspiring excellence, building character, and strengthening community.
Description
The goal of Glenwood Academy is to eradicate poverty, injustice and inequality through the power of residential education.
With a reputation of excellence for over 130 years, Glenwood Academy (formerly Glenwood School for Boys) is greater Chicago’s only boarding school that offers a safer, nurturing environment for disadvantaged children. Willing and able to learn but constrained by difficult social and economic situations, each year approximately 150 of these children come to Glenwood to live and learn - both in and out of the classroom. Stress factors in these children's lives include students who come from distressed and dangerous neighborhoods, single-parent and low-income families, underperforming schools, and other varying factors that impede growth and development. Here, young minds are challenged, character is built, family relationships are strengthened, and potential is attained. More than just a school, Glenwood is a bright new world of promise for disadvantaged children with the ability and desire to succeed.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
500 W. 187th St.Glenwood, IL 60425
DATE POSTED
April 6, 2017
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Mentoring
- Math / Science Instruction
- Reading / Writing
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- 3:30 - 7:00 p.m. for any period of time
- A desire to assist and support deserving but disadvantaged students