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Taylor and I work hard together, because when she has finished the work her teacher sends, we get to play games and do puzzles. We only work together for an hour each week, but Taylor says it has helped her

Riley comes bouncing into the cafeteria at Union Elementary on Thursday afternoons, She has already had a long day at school. I love her attitude and willingness to work hard on the lessons. Riley and I enjoy our relationship. She

Study Connection was designed to help students who needed a little extra help in the academic world; however, this program has grown to be much more and have many unexpected ancillary benefits. My Study Student and I have worked together

Madison and I have been together as Study Buddies for four years. We were matched at the beginning of her third grade year at Webb Elementary, which was my third year as a volunteer. An obviously bright kid, she had

Sarah seemed to have an urgent need to show me her Everyday Math homework one afternoon at Study Connection. I thought to my-self, “Hmmm, I’ve never seen her get so excited about a piece of math homework from her teacher.”

My Study Connection student is Katie. This is my first year to do this so I didn’t know what to expect. Katie is in the fourth grade. She was rather quiet the first or second sessions. She has come out

When my Study Connection student and I first started working together, he resisted making eye-contact with me, and he had very little to say. Learning seemed to be difficult. But Danny usually works hard, and I know his teachers work

The creek in front of Franklin Community High School is teeming with life. It’s the job of Julie Tennell’s and Courtney Burke’s students to find out what kind of life and how healthy the creek (officially known as Powell Ditch)

When it was time for third and fourth grade music class, Austin, a student in Dawn Phelps’ Special Education class, stayed in his classroom at Northwood Elementary. His general education classmates were learning to play the recorder, which requires moving

How do you measure the height of a flag pole when the pole is upright, you’re on the ground and you don’t have a ladder? You use Math in Motion! Students in Brian Luse’s high school Geometry classes use equipment