NHS MIDDLE SCHOOL TUTORING SESSIONS
By: Noelle Hanek
Members of the National Honors Society are once again getting involved within their community- through tutoring! A new program was created for Sparta High School students to tutor Sparta Middle School students, grades six through nine, in both English and Math. The sessions are currently taking place after school, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from January to early March. The sessions last approximately one hour, with one session from 2:30-3:30, and another from 3:30-4:30.
During the sessions, the high school students assist the younger grades with their homework assignments along with their supplemental work. For instance, senior Kavya Kamath who tutored 8th-grade math, explained how she and her peers aided students with their math homework and taught them new math lessons that they were particularly interested in. This program is helpful because it exposes students to a new learning environment with older students who they can look up to and connect with while allowing them to advance in their academics. It also allows the middle schoolers, especially the 8th graders, to become more accustomed to the high school by learning in the classrooms and interacting with high schoolers. In fact, the teacher ambassador of NHS, Mrs. Kopp noted that many middle school parents emailed to profess how happy they are with the program. They expressed how “wonderful the after school tutoring program was” and that their children “felt comfortable and happy and are excited to come back again”.
It is great to see the success of a program where students help other students succeed! It is certain that the The National Honors Society, as well as other clubs and organizations within the high school, will continue to make a difference in the school community through their continued involvement.
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