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Recruit 'Grandpeople' as Volunteer Tutors, and Students Will Reap the Rewards.
De Pillis, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1982
Describes how a senior citizen volunteer tutor program at Emerson Elementary School in Riverside (California) achieved success through careful preparation, staff and student cooperation, extra effort to find interested senior citizens, and continual expression of appreciation to volunteers. Presents 17 hints on starting a grandpeople project. (RW)
Descriptors: Affection, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Development
A FOCUS On Students.
Fletcher, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1998
William McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has a parent volunteer program called FOCUS that targets average students who are not doing well academically. Program goals are to improve students' organizational skills, help them complete homework assignments, and reteach and preview lessons to increase understanding, so that students will…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools