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Heart Math Tutoring Receives $20,000 From Wells Fargo For Billingsville Leadership Academy

Heart Math Tutoring is happy to share that for the second consecutive year, a grant of $20,000 from Wells Fargo will allow us to partner with Billingsville Leadership Academy. Starting later this month, around 75 Billingsville students will be seen one-on-one by a tutor twice per week through early May.

“We are proud to support an organization like Heart Math Tutoring where their focus is to eliminate the achievement gap and provide a quality education for all students,” said Kristi Thomas, Community Affairs Officer for … continue reading

WBTV News: Math Skills Can Boost Student Confidence

John Carter of WBTV News interviewed Heart team member Padgett Sullivan about how the research-based curriculum works and improves student confidence.

Click here to watch the video.

Heart Math Tutoring is recruiting volunteer tutors for the 2015-16 school year and is asking for the community’s support. The goal is to recruit volunteers to be tutors for 350 elementary school students.

To sign up today: http://heartmathtutoring.org/become-a-volunteer/.… continue reading

Volunteer Tutor Shares Rewarding Experience On ‘Charlotte Today’

Heart Executive Director Emily Elliott and volunteer tutor LouAnn Vaughn talked about our volunteer drive Monday, Aug. 17, on “Charlotte Today.” Colleen Odegaard and Eugene Robinson host the weekday morning news/lifestyle show on NBC Charlotte (WCNC-TV).

Vaughn explained that Heart’s research-based, structured curriculum is easy to tutor, interactive and engaging. Students use real-life situations and games so that “instead of memorizing math facts, (they’re) understanding how numbers work and understanding in their bones that 3 and 4 together make 7,” Vaughn said during … continue reading

WBTV News Bounce Features Heart’s Volunteer Drive

Delano Little of WBTV News interviewed Executive Director Emily Elliott about Heart’s volunteer drive to recruit tutors for 350 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students. The interview was featured on the station’s Bounce TV channel. Have one hour weekly to volunteer as a tutor for an elementary school student? Click here to sign up today or for more information.… continue reading

Math Tutoring At High-Poverty Charlotte Schools Gets Boost From Duke Energy

Heart is thrilled to share that we are expanding our programs in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, thanks to a $8,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation.

“Math skills that students learn at a young age serve as a foundation block for their entire education career,” said Stick Williams, Duke Energy Foundation president. “Those skills advance other academic pursuits and help our young people meet and overcome new challenges as they prepare for the future.”

“Lack of math proficiency can become a barrier to a student’s academic confidence,” … continue reading