Students struggling with courses and parent volunteers are needed to participate in after school peer tutoring programs at Lapeer East High School and Zemmer Junior High School at Rolland-Warner Middle School.
The Lapeer East program – “Your Time” – matches students needing help with particular courses with National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. for one-on-one tutoring.
It is also a time for help with completing homework.
The Zemmer program at Rolland-Warner is available to all 7th grade students on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. National Honor Society students are looking for more students to stop in for help with homework or studies, said parent William Gavette, the coordinator of both programs.
Parents are needed to supervise the programs. All tutoring is done by the honor society students. Parent volunteers will need to fill out a volunteer form, which takes about a month for a routine check to be completed.
“These are great programs and I encourage students needing help with their courses to stop in and take part in the tutoring,” said East principal Kelly Paige.
To volunteer or receive more information on either program contact Mr. Gavette at (810) 417-1559 or by e-mail at: wmgavette@gmail.com.
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Lapeer West peer tutoring program to be showcased at Michigan Capitol
An innovative program at Lapeer West High School that partners proficient math students with students struggling with the subject has caught the attention of a Statewide organization that wants to showcase the program for State legislators on Thursday, March 26.
The Guided Academics Peer Tutoring program was spearheaded and implemented by Lapeer West Math Department Chairperson Kristen Wilcox.
West Principal Kevin Walters, Mrs. Wilcox and three students, two tutors and one guided academics student, were selected by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals to come to the Capitol and share the program with Legislators.
Jeremiah Welch, Stephanie Osip and Angie Marku are the three students accompanying Mrs. Wilcox to the Capitol.
“The program has produced outstanding results and fits perfectly within the vision of innovation in delivery of rigorous curriculum,” said West Principal Kevin Walters.
At the end of the first trimester, the math department identified 24 students, nearly all freshmen, who were struggling with Algebra 1, the first in a series of new graduation math requirements under the Michigan Merit Curriculum.
Instructors then identified 20 high achieving Calculus and Pre-Calculus students, some with an interest in an education career, and paired them with the struggling Algebra 1 students each day during the same hour.
“The algebra students gained tremendous self-confidence, and the upper class students learned how to explain math, step-by-step as a classroom teacher would,” Mrs. Wilcox said.
The Guided Academics Peer Tutoring program was spearheaded and implemented by Lapeer West Math Department Chairperson Kristen Wilcox.
West Principal Kevin Walters, Mrs. Wilcox and three students, two tutors and one guided academics student, were selected by the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals to come to the Capitol and share the program with Legislators.
Jeremiah Welch, Stephanie Osip and Angie Marku are the three students accompanying Mrs. Wilcox to the Capitol.
“The program has produced outstanding results and fits perfectly within the vision of innovation in delivery of rigorous curriculum,” said West Principal Kevin Walters.
At the end of the first trimester, the math department identified 24 students, nearly all freshmen, who were struggling with Algebra 1, the first in a series of new graduation math requirements under the Michigan Merit Curriculum.
Instructors then identified 20 high achieving Calculus and Pre-Calculus students, some with an interest in an education career, and paired them with the struggling Algebra 1 students each day during the same hour.
“The algebra students gained tremendous self-confidence, and the upper class students learned how to explain math, step-by-step as a classroom teacher would,” Mrs. Wilcox said.
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