District Status: Online Registration Ends Friday at Noon. Register for 2020-21 Now at fwcs.info/MyFWCS Study Connection Additional Information
Statistics
Percentage of Students who showed improvement in academic skills
- Math: 80%
- Reading: 82%
- Writing: 72%
Teachers reported that 68% of students improved in the area of completing and turning in assignments on time.
Ethnicity
- Students / Tutors
- African-American 30% / 3%
- White 38% / 64%
- Hispanic 10% / 1%
- Multiracial 8% / 1%
- Asian 5% / 2%
- American Indian 1% / 0%
Grade Levels of Participating Students
- Kindergarten 1%
- First grade 3%
- Second grade 13%
- Third grade 28%
- Fourth grade 30%
- Fifth grade 23%
- Sixth through Twelfth grades 3%
Gender
- Students: Female: 51%; Male: 48%
- Tutors: Female: 66%; Male: 32%
Total number of volunteers? 600
What volunteers said . . .
- 98% of volunteers had a positive Study Connection experience.
- 95% of volunteers felt prepared to work with their students.
- 88% of volunteers said they saw positive change in their students.
Individual Benefits
We encourage you to become a Study Connection volunteer because:
- It’s a way to help you connect with your community.
- It provides you with a sense of achievement.
- It sends a signal to your family, friends, and co-workers that you have achieved a healthy life-work balance.
- You have an opportunity to meet new people.
- You can ’payback’ what was given to you by other caring individuals throughout your life.
- You can change a life.
Volunteer Qualifications
Individuals do not need any special skills to become a Study Connection volunteer. However, individuals must be willing to commit to the program for one hour each week for one school year. The desire to provide a student with a positive role model, patience, and understanding, dependability, flexibility and discretion are all important characteristics the successful volunteer possesses. Most importantly, before being matched one-to-one with a student, all volunteers must successfully complete the volunteer application process.
As a volunteer tutor, you may be asked to help a student with the following:
- Reading
- Math
- Spelling
- Writing
- Study Skills
- Organization Skills
- Develop positive attitudes about learning and school