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 Our mission is to prepare boys from resource-poor communities for success in competitive high schools. This mission is accomplished with a strong academic program that stresses fundamentals within a nurturing Episcopal environment that focuses on individual and group development. St. Gregory’s provides a safe and healthy environment for each of its students. Our goal is that each of the boys at St. Gregory’s grows to become a responsible citizen in his community, find meaning in his daily work, and live his life as a testimony to God’s love for mankind. Tutoring Program to is Launched Many students come to us with test scores well below the national norm, but most show marked improvement in our key focus area, reading comprehension. There is, however, a group of students, spread across all grade levels, who fail to show the desired improvement, despite our best in-class efforts, which is why we are implementing the tutoring project. The project will provide adult tutors to work with the students at least three times per week (Saturdays also), and parent involvement, training and activities to encourage parents to work with their child at home. The tutoring project will utilize the skills of specific staff and faculty members, as well as a PhD level reading specialist, who will provide technical assistance and training services. We will be working on program design this summer, with a goal to begin training tutors early this fall. If anyone is interested in assisting with project implementation, or is interested in becoming a tutor, please call Alexis Leslie at (773) 277-4447 x13. Summer Volunteer Opportunities A number of deferred projects will be launched while quiet reigns during July and August. Summer is prime time for laying the groundwork for the rest of the year, and I could use some volunteers to help. We need assistance with clerical and development tasks, school beautification, library and computer lab organization. If you have a day, two days, a week,---any time at all that you could give during the summer, it would be a big help. Come with a friend or by yourself, no special skills necessary. I will provide any training or instruction you need. If you are unable to come down to the school, but would like to help, I have some projects that you could help with at home. Call Leslie Alexis at (773) 277-4447 x13. Regular Volunteer Opportunities St. Gregory Episcopal School relies on volunteers to help us help our students. It has always been the individual commitment and caring of volunteers, Board members, and other supporters that has ultimately sustained St. Gregory’s. Certainly, dollars are important, but not more important than the impact the gift of your time makes on our students. § The volunteer who sits patiently with a child struggling with the concept of phonetic pronunciation is telling that child that he is both capable and worth the effort. § The Board member who spends his or her spare time attending committee meetings and performing the less-than-glamorous tasks essential to operating the school validates our mission and affirms others involved in helping the school. § The friend who offers to talk to their M & O Committee about St. Gregory’s, brings a church group to visit the school, or helps organize a small fundraiser to support the scholarship fund, carries the St. Gregory message to those who need to know that we are daily improving the lives of those we serve. If you have time to give, tutors and teachers’ assistants are in demand during the week, as are volunteers to staff the library and computer lab. If you are unable to come out to the school on a regular basis, we can tailor a volunteer project that will allow you to volunteer on behalf of the school at home or within your church community. You could: § Organize a fundraiser at your church to fund a partial or total scholarship. § Donate school or office supplies, or a special piece of equipment for a classroom. § Bring a group out to the school to work on one of the many projects on our to-do list. § Schedule a date to have the choir come out and sing at your church. § Make a one-year commitment to our Development or Special Events Committee.
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