READING
Program Names
Harrison County School District and Union Tutorial Project
READING
Description:
This program provides hands-on experience in the areas of Environment,
Education, and Human Needs. Students are given the opportunity to
collaborate with the elderly through reading, letter writing, and storytelling.
Students also participate in projects that protect and preserve animal
habitat. Students grades 7 and 8 are participating in voter registration
as they develop citizenship skills and understand voter registration as
they develop citizenship skills and understand the voting procedure.
Age of Participants:
5 - 11
12 - 14
Issue Areas:
English
Environment
Human Needs
Reading
Description:
23 7th and 8th graders are enrolled in a tutorial class designed to
help them learn by allowing them to teach. The students spend one
class period a day four days a week at lake Butler Elementary School where
they serve as tutors. The middle schools are each partnered with
one or two LBES students to provide them with extra individual instruction
time. In the process if helping the first through fourth grades build
skill in reading, writing and math, the tutors are also improving their
own academic abilities.
Age of Participants:
5 - 11
12 - 14
Issue Areas:
Reading
English