VU is now well underway for the 2012-13 school year. It’s really great to see familiar faces return after the summer break–and I mean my fellow volunteers as well as the students! We have also welcomed some new scholars so far this year and look forward to adding more as we…
The past week of homework assistance at VU has been calm, with a ratio of students to volunteers that allows us to get close to the one-to-one climate that we like so much. Students have been able to get their work done, read for 20 minutes, and then play some educational games.…
It has long been a theory at VU that warm weather means fewer students coming for homework assistance, for the obvious reasons. But that clearly doesn’t always hold true! Last night, 24 students–more than half of our roster–and 11 volunteers came to the program. It was a happy busy group doing homework and…
Ever since the September 12 start of the 2011-12 homework assistance program at Vecinos Unidos, the volunteers and students have been going full speed. Students are getting help with their math, language arts, social studies, reading, and more every Monday through Thursday. And after all the homework and reading are…
