Tutoring

With the new school year upon us, the “Shepherd-TI Tutoring” program is getting ready to start up again. For the last 14 years, the program has provided free weekly tutoring to Shepherd Elementary students, and we are starting to recruit this year’s group of tutees.

The program meets every Sunday (except holiday weekends) at Tifereth Israel, the local synagogue at the corner of 16th and Juniper Streets NW. The tutors are mostly members of the synagogue and their teenage children, although we also have many tutors from the community and from other neighborhoods. (In fact, as discussed below, we are also looking to recruit additional tutors.) We match up a tutor and a student for the entire year, and they form a delightful relationship that helps fuel the learning. Every week the tutors work with their students on math, reading, vocabulary, current homework, or anything that the child’s parent or teacher thinks would be helpful. Our goal is not to teach anything advanced, but to reinforce the lessons learned in school, and to try to add a little fun to doing schoolwork on the weekend.

We have a long list of successful alumni of the program, and many parents send their children back year after year for the program, because they find that it does encourage the students in their learning. The program is run by Shepherd Park neighbor Dan Nathan, whose two daughters attended Shepherd Elementary, and who works closely with the school in putting on the program. In the past, some of the program’s tutors have come from the families of Shepherd students, such as their parents or older siblings; volunteering in the program is a good source of community service credits. If you know someone who would like to tutor, please put them in touch with Dan. For more information about the program, or to sign up your child, please call Dan at (202) 746-2680, or e-mail him at Shepherdtutoringprogram@gmail.com.

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Northwest Learning Center
1837 First St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-744-5365
www.northwestlearningcenter.com

For ages 3-17
The center’s motto is “Commit, Master, Excel.”
Its slogan is “Achieve Excellence Through Mastery and Commitment.”
It offers year-round afterschool supplemental education, focusing on math and reading – aligned with the requirements of the Common Core Standards and the National Council of Math Teacher Standards.
Reading is divided into language arts and English. Language arts includes phonics, fluency, grammar, vocabulary, writing and comprehension.
Math instruction is based on the “Singapore Math” method which balances between drills and problem solving.