Michael O’Neill, NTP’s longest serving volunteer with over 12 years of service will be honored with the Mayor’s Community Service Award in Education on Tuesday, December 11th at 11:00am at the John A.
This week, the Leaders In Action (LIA) students were able to share in a unique experience and learn a little something about serving their community.
It was an afternoon that was aptly named, a real celebration of children’s books. On Saturday, November 17th, right after the weekly Saturday afternoon reading tutoring program, over 80 students, family members, volunteers, and staff gathered for the 6thannual FLOC Children’s Book Festival.
This year I have the privilege and the pleasure of facilitating an outstanding group of eleventh grade Scholars, who not only visibly love FLOC and the adults who work here, but who love and care for each other.
It is easy to see why FLOC students and staff members like Emma Turnbull. The 19-year-old work-study tutor was bright-eyed and cheery when we met for our interview; some would say especially so, given the fact that she had just spent her whole Saturday tutoring in our math and reading programs.
Click here to see Jalen’s Rap about FLOC.
I have had the pleasure of not only seeing our students improve in our curricula, but also having the chance to get to know them on a personal level.
Can you believe that Halloween has passed and our students are already thinking of Christmas? Before we turn the calendar to 2014, we have to acknowledge the generous people who make things happen here.
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, in 2000, no state had a prevalence of obesity “equal to or greater than 25%”; by 2010, no state had less than 20%.
As a Scholars Program staff person, I have the opportunity to work with hundreds of young people, all of whom have infinite capacity to teach, inspire and impact those they encounter.
Last Saturday afternoon before our weekly reading program started, Brandon kindly took a break from his game of UNO to answer a few questions about FLOC.
