Category Archives: Heart News

Heart Math Tutoring Receives School Sponsorship-Level Grants from The Belk Foundation and Faison Enterprises

Heart wrapped up 2016 with school sponsorship-level grants from The Belk Foundation and Faison Enterprises.

The Belk Foundation has made a two-year commitment of $40,000 per year, and Faison Enterprises has awarded $30,000 to Heart. The grants are at the “school sponsorship” level, each providing tutoring from September to May to over 50 students who are performing below grade level in elementary math. This is the fourth year of Heart’s partnership with The Belk Foundation and the first grant award from Faison Enterprises. Funding supports … continue reading

3rd Annual HeartThrob

Purchase tickets for HeartThrob 2018 here!

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Staff Spotlight: Cydney Kramer, Program Manager

Cydney joined Heart in 2016 as a Program Manager, overseeing the day-to-day operations of six of Heart’s school sites through managing Program Coordinators and analyzing program quality and efficacy.

Cydney grew up in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a B.A. in International Studies and minors in Law & Society, Spanish, and International Marketing. She was a member of the Teach For America Charlotte Corps, taught 7th grade for three years, and led the Social Studies department at her placement school … continue reading

Heart Math Tutoring Featured on WBTV

Brigida Mack of WBTV interviewed Heart Math Tutoring’s Executive Director Emily Elliott and Share Charlotte’s Amy Jacobs about National Mentor Month. Share Charlotte highlighted Heart as a way to mentor and support students. “We tell the tutors, half the job is to deliver curriculum… and the other half of the job is to be a positive influence,” says Elliott. See the full interview here and read more about how you can become a Heart tutor at www.hearttutoring.org.… continue reading

National Mentor Month

January is #NationalMentorMonth! Thank you to all of our Heart tutors who act as mentors and cheerleaders for our students! Follow Heart this month to watch our mentors in action.

“The best part of coming back to school was tutoring!” – Second grade student at Highland after the holiday break #NationalMentorMonth

“Lanny and George teach me about math. They’re my favorite … continue reading