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Heart Math Tutoring Kicks Off Spring Funding Initiative

Heart Math Tutoring kicks off its spring funding initiative today with a boost from The Leon Levine Foundation, who has awarded Heart a $350,000 capacity-building grant! The grant is payable over three years as Heart offers one-on-one tutoring to more students, scales its work, and becomes more sustainable. $130,000 of the grant goes towards Heart’s current funding initiative, which seeks $880K to partner with 18 schools in the 2017/18 school year. This funding would mean that over 900 students will be matched with one-on-one … continue reading

Heart Math Tutoring Word Problems

Heart word problem: If every Heart student receives two stickers per week, how many stickers does Heart have to purchase for a school year?

Answer: 38,628 That’s a lot of stickers!

Heart word problem: If every second grade student in Heart lost two teeth, how many teeth would Heart students lose this year?

Answer: 454 teeth!

Heart word problem: If 22 high fives are given between the hours of 7:45 and 8:45 at each Heart site every day Monday – Thursday, how many … continue reading

Wilson’s World Celebrates PiDay With Heart Math Tutoring

Wilson’s World joined Heart students at Montclaire Elementary this morning to celebrate PiDay. Students Scarlett and Oscar talked with their 5th grade teacher Mr. O’Leary about how they incorporate Pi in the classroom, and why they enjoy math!

Wilson also viewed a tutoring session and talked with Heart’s Program Coordinator Sarah Cover and Executive Director Emily Elliott about how Heart prepares tutors to support students. “When you sign up for tutoring, the first thing that happens is that I train you through our six concept notebooks. … continue reading

Staff Spotlight: Lan Nguyen

Lan Nguyen graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from UCLA and a M.A. in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 2012, Lan joined Teach for America and taught 5th grade for three years in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. That experience solidified her belief that all children deserve a quality education. After relocating to Charlotte, Lan joined Heart in August 2015 to continue her commitment to education. Lan deeply believes that a quality education is our greatest tool to breaking the … continue reading

Staff Spotlight: Mike Parman

Mike, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Secondary Education. He then received certification in Elementary teaching, School Counseling and Supervision, and a M.A. in Administration and Supervision. He has worked for over thirty-five years in public education as a teacher and elementary school principal.  After retiring to Charlotte to be near family, Mike joined Heart in 2015 as a tutor. Mike believes that all students can learn when they are exposed to relevant, hands-on activities in a … continue reading