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2025/26 Program Results

06.18.2026

Thank you to all community members who supported Heart Math Tutoring students in 2025/26! Heart’s tutors and donors in Charleston, Charlotte, and Winston-Salem gave the time and resources to provide over 1,500 students across 33 schools with high-quality, individualized tutoring at no cost to students’ families.

Heart is excited to announce 2025/26 program results across the Carolinas:

97% of 1^st-5^th grade students grew in two or more concepts, meeting program growth goals. These students grew in an average of 4.6 concept areas!
92%

Heart Math Tutoring on Winston-Salem’s Fox8 News Channel

02.24.2026

A Heart Math Tutoring session was recently featured on Fox8 News Channel in Winston-Salem. The channel shared clips of volunteer tutors smiling with their students and interviewed Heart’s Executive ...

Adding Impact – Becky and Jacob Darling

01.27.2026

Volunteers with Heart Math Tutoring provide elementary students with the consistency, support, and impactful tutoring needed to succeed at grade-level. Alongside tutors, Heart donors generously provid...

HMT Board Spotlight: Dr. Kim Schroeder

01.22.2026

Dr. Kim Schroeder brings a wealth of experience to her current role as Associate Superintendent of Learning and Teaching with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Her 25-y...

HMT Board Spotlight: Velvet Simington

Velvet Simington is the Director of Math and Science for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and brings more than 30 years of experience as an educator and education leader. Velvet was an early partn...

HMT Board Spotlight: Mark Petersma

Mark Petersma is the 787 Program CFO at Boeing, where he brings more than 15 years of experience in finance, strategy, and organizational leadership. He joined Heart Charleston’s Advis...