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By Sher Spooner

2021 Senior spotlight: Jaylin learned math through sports

A shared love of sports guided a tutor to help his student, a high school football player, to master the basics of math. When recent high school graduate Jaylin started […]

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By Sher Spooner

2021 Senior spotlight: A’meena is ready for her next challenge

The most important lesson that graduating senior A’meena has gained from Cluster Tutoring is that she is always learning something new. A’meena was understandably frustrated to attend school remotely during […]

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By Sher Spooner

2020 Senior spotlight: Aliyah focuses on the future

The end of the school year isn’t working out as expected for graduating senior Aliyah. But she’s determined to start her studies in the fall to become a police officer. […]

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By Sher Spooner

2020 Senior spotlight: Kaleb reaps tutoring’s benefits

High school senior Kaleb and his tutor, David Wilson have had to juggle Cluster Tutoring with Kaleb’s busy schedule on three sports teams and at a part-time job. But even […]

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By Sher Spooner

Senior spotlight: Antonio is ready to soar

Ever since high school senior Antonio first rode on a plane, he has wanted to be a pilot. With help from his tutor, Stan Birnbaum, he’s mastered enough math to […]

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By Sher Spooner

Student spotlight: David

High school senior David is taking a different academic path than many students. He attends classes two days a week at Chicago Virtual Charter School and pursues most of his […]

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