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Volunteer Spotlight: Super Tutor Morris Rosen

As we head into another impactful year of tutoring, we are feeling grateful to Heart tutors, families, donors, and community partners for their dedication to Heart’s students’ success. It is a community effort to provide student support, and today, we’d like to shine the spotlight on a tutor who shows up each week for his students, Morris Rosen! Morris has volunteered with Heart for three years in addition to serving as a volunteer tutor with our fellow Charlotte nonprofit, Augustine Literacy Project. Read below … continue reading

Heart Charleston in the Media

Looking for some good news? Heart Math Tutoring has been highlighted twice this week by local Charleston media outlets! Thank you to Palmetto Life and Lowcountry Live for featuring Heart’s Executive Director of the Charleston Region, Madison Anderson, and our Program Director, Dave Smith. We’re very grateful for these opportunities to spread the word about tutoring and reach potential volunteers. As you can hear from Dave in the Palmetto Life segment, tutoring is fun, impactful, and it’s easy to get involved; we hope viewers will … continue reading

Charlotte’s QC Life Shares Heart’s Volunteer Recruitment Kickoff

Heart Math Tutoring’s Director of Volunteer Operations, Padgett Vaughn, appeared on Charlotte’s QC Life on Monday to share about volunteering as a tutor! Featured as part of QC Life’s Back to School segment, Padgett and host Jana Angel spoke about the need for student support this year and how Heart Tutors help students with not just math skills, but confidence in their academic abilities by meeting students where they are with an individualized curriculum and being a consistent “cheerleader” in their life.          

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Be a Part of the Equation- Volunteer as a Heart Tutor!

Today, Heart Math Tutoring kicks off our annual volunteer recruitment campaign with the goal to partner 1,600 volunteers with 1,500 students in the 2025/26 school year in Charlotte, NC, Charleston, SC, and Winston-Salem, NC! This school year, Heart tutors will support students at 31 schools across the three cities with building foundational math skills and gaining the confidence needed for long-term academic success.

dedicated volunteers
+ effective, fun curriculum
+ on-site support
+ school partnership
= positive outcomes for elementary students

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2024/25 Program Results

Thank you to all who supported students with Heart Math Tutoring in the 2024/25 school year! This year, tutors and donors gave their time and resources to deliver high-quality, individualized tutoring to nearly 1,400 students in 29 schools across the Carolinas at no cost to their families.

We are so proud of our students, and we’re excited to announce 2024/25 program results across all Heart regions:

• 97% of students who completed Heart’s program grew in two or more concepts, meeting program growth goals.
• 92%