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By Nancy Schroeder

Poised Participants Peruse, Produce, and Present Poems

Learning Edge Tutoring once again offered a 4-week Summer Reading Program to keep our readers engaged and practicing through the school break. This year’s unique program was poetry-focused: using poetry […]

Filed Under: News, People and Places

By Nancy Schroeder

Congratulations, Class of 2025!

Congratulations to Akeelah, our graduating senior! Akeelah has been a student at Learning Edge Tutoring since 7th grade, sticking it out through online tutoring during COVID interruptions. “Akeelah has been […]

Filed Under: College, News, People and Places, Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff

By Nancy Schroeder

Consistency Matters

The lived experience Bob Martin brings to tutoring is somewhat unique in the Learning Edge community. Many of our tutors have an education or humanities background, but Bob has worked […]

Filed Under: News, People and Places, Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff

By Nancy Schroeder

Competitive Edge

Silvia, a retired educator, was made for this work. She began her career in general education and laughingly remembered how “everybody always sent me the kids who didn’t behave well.” […]

Filed Under: News, People and Places, Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff

By Nancy Schroeder

Parent Cafe

On Thursday evening, Board Member Amy Stearns hosted our second Parent Café. The topic was the demands of after-school time, focusing largely on the distraction of screens. This incredible group […]

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By Nancy Schroeder

Building Connections with Reading and One Another

Bernadette Diaz is a volunteer tutor, our reading specialist, and she supervises our after-school tutoring at St. Catherine-St. Lucy. Bernadette spoke about volunteerism before she even spoke about her expertise […]

Filed Under: News, People and Places, Spotlight: Volunteers, Students, & Staff

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