Loyola tutors a "God-Send" for Cristo Rey High School students
Andrew Zaleski
Issue date: 3/18/08 Section: News
It is 3:20 p.m. on a Friday afternoon as students from Loyola College prepare for this afternoon's activities. Sporting business casual attire, this small group of Loyola students waits near the school chapel for their transportation.
No, they are not getting ready for a luxurious evening on the town.
Rather, these Loyola undergraduates are patiently awaiting the minivan which will take them to Cristo Rey High School in downtown Baltimore, where they will assist with Cristo Rey's after-school academic help program by serving as tutors to ninth-grade students.
In the first year of a new community partnership, Loyola College has teamed up with Cristo Rey High School to offer academic help and tutoring services to the new Baltimore school, also in its first year. Monday through Friday of every week, a small contingent of Loyola students gather in the lobby of the Center for Community Service and Justice and then proceed down to Cristo Rey to aid administration and teachers with the school's after-school tutoring session. The Loyola tutors remain at the school for the duration of each daily session, lasting from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m.
While there, the Loyola tutors are paired up with Cristo Rey students one-on-one. The subjects tutored can vary and range the spectrum of the courses taught at Cristo Rey; one day a tutor will help with a student's assignment for history class, and the next day the same student might need help with a science worksheet.
Commenting on the program, Cristo Rey's tutoring coordinator Dave Haddad says there are "no ifs, ands, or buts" about it. "The tutoring help [has] absolutely been positive for students."
Because Cristo Rey is a start-up high school in its first year, its current enrollment is composed exclusively of ninth-grade students. Every successive year following this one, the school will add on another grade until this year's freshman class becomes the senior graduating class of 2011. However, even with a freshman enrollment of approximately 120 students, roughly half of those students require the tutoring help the Loyola students provide.
No, they are not getting ready for a luxurious evening on the town.
Rather, these Loyola undergraduates are patiently awaiting the minivan which will take them to Cristo Rey High School in downtown Baltimore, where they will assist with Cristo Rey's after-school academic help program by serving as tutors to ninth-grade students.
In the first year of a new community partnership, Loyola College has teamed up with Cristo Rey High School to offer academic help and tutoring services to the new Baltimore school, also in its first year. Monday through Friday of every week, a small contingent of Loyola students gather in the lobby of the Center for Community Service and Justice and then proceed down to Cristo Rey to aid administration and teachers with the school's after-school tutoring session. The Loyola tutors remain at the school for the duration of each daily session, lasting from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m.
While there, the Loyola tutors are paired up with Cristo Rey students one-on-one. The subjects tutored can vary and range the spectrum of the courses taught at Cristo Rey; one day a tutor will help with a student's assignment for history class, and the next day the same student might need help with a science worksheet.
Commenting on the program, Cristo Rey's tutoring coordinator Dave Haddad says there are "no ifs, ands, or buts" about it. "The tutoring help [has] absolutely been positive for students."
Because Cristo Rey is a start-up high school in its first year, its current enrollment is composed exclusively of ninth-grade students. Every successive year following this one, the school will add on another grade until this year's freshman class becomes the senior graduating class of 2011. However, even with a freshman enrollment of approximately 120 students, roughly half of those students require the tutoring help the Loyola students provide.
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James
posted 4/04/08 @ 11:50 AM EST
First of all I would like to thank Loyola for coming to my school and help tutor me and some of my classmates. Loyola is a great school with great students and they are doing a very good job at our school{Cristo-Rey}. (Continued…)
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