Grateful for our Grads
Read about the resiliency of the Class of 2021. Congratulations to all our amazing graduating seniors… AdamCreighton University, Marine Biology Adam was doing okay in school and knew he wanted …
Virtual Field Trips Expand Students’ Horizons
In 2019, we introduced Virtual Field Trips to eight tutoring locations. These sessions expose students to places and ideas that they otherwise may have never encountered, allowing us to expand …
The impact of the digital “homework gap” on our students
Computer and internet access is increasingly becoming a requirement for success in school, according to this article from the Atlantic. 70% of American teachers assign homework that requires an internet …
Robots!
Walnut Robotics visits Skid Row Learning Center A huge thanks to Walnut Robotics FTC Team 6325, also known as The Aluminati, who stopped by our Learning Center on Skid Row to …
Summer STEM Program at H.I.S. House
Recently, students at H.I.S. House in Placentia were introduced to the basics of robotics and coding. Over the course of the summer, they will be learning how to build and …
Group Project Idea: Vision Boards
Kudos to our tutors at United Way in Corona for coming up with a great group project for the students they tutor! I’m so proud of all of you! The …
Putting Relationship Quality at the Center of Education
Extreme negative emotions, like fear, can have a devastating effect on a student’s ability to learn. Fear amps up threat perception and aggression. It can also subsequently make it hard …
Lego Robotics at Good Shepherd Shelter
Our students at Good Shepherd Shelter were gifted with a LEGO Robotics Kit, which the shelter’s school has integrated into their science curriculum. This kit includes 280 pieces, a battery-powered …
25 Back to School Needs
It’s back to school season, and our students are in need of brand-new school supplies now more than ever! It is important that our students, no matter the difficult obstacles …
Students ‘Make Connections’ with Creative Summer Projects
Making Connections, our 2017 Summer Program, focused on getting students to read and respond to a text making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections. Studies have shown that making these sorts …