Tutors helping students

I’m tutoring pre-algebra on Mondays and Wednesdays and helped one student with his science fair project this fall. I also occasionally tutor this same student in math. One day when I was working on math with him in a conference room, he wanted to shut the door. I told him that I thought it would be best to leave it open and he responded, “I don’t want anyone to hear how dumb I am.”

The good news is that after the time we spent together, he was able to win the 7th grade science fair this fall and will be advancing to the regionals. I could tell that this did wonders for his self-esteem. He seemed so proud to tell me the news and how “everybody is talking about me today”.

…Joe Maccani

Breck School and St. John Paul II

In January of 2022, the Catholic Tutor Corps initiated a new relationship between Breck School and St. John Paul II school in north Minneapolis. Once a week, 12 Breck juniors and seniors boarded their school bus and rode over to John Paul II where they worked on math skills with students primarily in grades 5-8. The Breck students brought a very high level of energy and enthusiasm to their project and the young John Paul II students engaged very quickly with their new “big brother/big sister” tutors. This relationship between the two schools should continue on for many years.