Category Archives: Celebrations

Heart Tutoring Annual Celebration

Heart’s Executive Director, Board Chair, and leadership team hosted a virtual celebration on June 3rd, 2020 to thank our tutors and donors for a great program year. Organization leaders shared program updates, outcomes and highlights from this year, and thoughts on the path forward on our mission – to ensure that all elementary students develop the strong foundation in math and enthusiasm for academics needed for long-term success.

The celebration was originally live-streamed on Heart Tutoring’s YouTube Channel. Re-watch the program here!

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Our Tutors are Making Tens!

Heart Math Tutoring was incorporated 7 years ago, and 3 years prior to that, volunteers and partners began piloting the program. It doesn’t require counting on your fingers to know that this means a special group of tutors have hit their 10^th YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING!! With deep appreciation, our team is honored to thank these six tutors for the impact they have had on more than 120 students. Read the highlights and memories from Minna Elliott, Martha Eubank, Catherine Fischer, Reid Leggett, Margaret Marshall, and … continue reading

It All Adds Up: End of the Year Results are IN!

As we head into the summer, we are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding academic progress made by nearly 1,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) students during the 2018/19 school year. With an increase in students and schools from the 2017/18 school year, tutors were able to help even more students surpass their goals and end the year on yet another high note.

Take a look at some of our results here:

• 98% of 993 Heart Tutoring students met program growth goals in math, growing in two or

Heart Tutoring Volunteer Partner – Vanguard

Passion from the Vanguard Crew

DaJuan Lucas serves as the Relationship Manager for Vanguard’s Skill-based Volunteering team where he cultivates relationships with great agencies such as Heart Math Tutoring to build skills-based volunteerism and board opportunities and matches his crew talent with the need. He let us in on his crew’s passion for the program!

What does your crew love about tutoring? 

“Our crew loves tutoring through Heart Tutoring! They love that they are making a significant impact in an area of major … continue reading

Heart Tutoring Volunteer Partner – GEM

Seal of “Efficiency” from the Best

Global Endowment Management (GEM) began their partnership with Heart Math Tutoring in 2014 when Heart Tutoring was the recipient of a GEM Foundation grant. As the internal, employee-led grant team was establishing their financial partnership they also saw a great opportunity to start a volunteer partnership, with the first GEM tutors starting in the 2015/16 school year. GEM’s leadership not only encourages volunteering but prioritizes educating employees on the needs of the Charlotte community.

Charlotte Atkinson was a member … continue reading