This Thursday, I had the pleasure of tutoring fourth and fifth graders at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. I assisted with their math and english homework, as well as talked with a few of the students about their books.
What I took away most from this session was that the students are very fortunate to have teachers and volunteers to run an after-school program like this one. This program is two hours long and each student has the opportunity to choose two hour-long activities ranging from a STEM activity, art project, homework help or extra gym class. After leaving the program, these students can go home with their homework completed and doing additional extracurricular activities to their liking.
Compared to when I was in elementary school, programs like this were not around, and we could either go home or stay in the “after-care” program run by the local YMCA. Overall, these students are very fortunate to have an after-school program with so many options to spend their time after school.