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Heart’s 3rd Annual Tutor Thank You Party

Thank you to all of our tutors who joined us for the 3rd Annual Tutor Thank You Party! We are so grateful to all of our volunteers for choosing to spend your time with Heart students. It has made such a difference in their experiences of school this year!

We measured some of that difference in our students’ final assessments: 98% of this year’s 641 students met program growth goals in math, growing in 2 or more concept areas. Those goals were set with guidance … continue reading

Heart Math Tutoring Receives Apparo’s Mission Possible Economic Opportunity Grant

Heart was awarded a $60,000 cash and pro bono contribution from Accenture at Apparo’s ConnectivIT Ball, presented by Microsoft! The award is Apparo’s first Mission Possible Economic Opportunity Award. A panel of CIO judges chose a technology project that will impact economic opportunity in Charlotte. Heart will use the award to digitize its student and tutor information, ultimately improving student outcomes and program scalability. Heart impacts a variety of factors of economic mobility. Mentorship by Heart tutors improves social capital and reduces economic segregation in … continue reading

Students, Families and Tutors Celebrate End of Year

Through May 11, families, tutors, and students will gather to celebrate students’ progress in Heart with food and fun. Parents will learn math games to play at home, and students will receive goodie bags that include a deck of cards and game directions. All will celebrate students’ accomplishments in Heart!

See slideshows of each celebration with our twelve Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools partners: University Meadows, Piney Grove, Westerly Hills, Winterfield, Greenway park, Sedgefield, Pinewood, Montclaire, Nathaniel Alexander, Merry Oaks, Billingsville, and Highland Renaissance.

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Volunteer Appreciation Month – Celebrating “Double Dippers”

April is National Volunteer Month! This month we celebrate all of our volunteers who support students each week! Throughout April we will highlight several of our “Double Dipper” volunteers who tutor at multiple schools. Thank you for your dedication to students!

Thank you to Mike Dorsel who tutors students each week across two school sites – Piney Grove and Greenway Park Elementary School.

Thank you to our “Double Dipper” Laura McGinley who tutors at Billingsvillle and Pinewood!

Thank you to Deborah Parman who tutors … continue reading

Leading on Opportunity – The Opportunity Task Force’s call to action

By Emily Elliott

Alarmingly, Charlotte and Atlanta ranked 50th out of 50 in economic mobility among the largest U.S. cities in a 2013 Harvard / UC Berkley study. A $400,000 report summarizing 18 months of research by Charlotte’s Opportunity Task Force was released last Monday 3/27/17.

This 97-page document outlines 21 strategies and over 80 recommendations for our community. Here are a few points:

– The report mentions the value of students having “Life Navigators” as early as 7th grade and career awareness as early … continue reading