by SOW_Admin | May 11, 2016 | Spotlights
Each month, we’ll be introducing you to a new School on Wheels staff member so you can learn more about the people who make our programs run successfully! This month, we’ll highlight Erin Brown, our Program Manager! She started out at School on Wheels as the...
by SOW_Admin | May 5, 2016 | Events
We want to offer a huge thank you to the over 400 people who attended our 2016 Education Celebration, presented by BMO Harris Bank and Defenders, and to all of our sponsors who made celebrating our 15 year anniversary a success! We enjoyed a fantastic and inspiring...
by Claire Brosman | Apr 28, 2016 | Special Posts
How can it be that we’re celebrating 15 years of School on Wheels this year? Over the past 15 years, an amazing number of homeless children have benefited from the academic support we provided. In fact, last we week enrolled our 5,000th child in our tutoring program....
by Claire Brosman | Apr 20, 2016 | Spotlights
DEFENDERS has been a true corporate partner and supporter of School on Wheels for the past six years. During that time, the organization has donated gift cards and uniforms, supported our programs with tutoring teams and had staff members serve on our Board of...
by Samantha | Apr 13, 2016 | Special Posts
This week is National Volunteer Appreciation week. Every organization around the country is singing the praises of their volunteers, and here at School on Wheels, we are no different. Our volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization. They carry out our...
by Samantha | Apr 6, 2016 | Spotlights
Families who are experiencing homelessness tend to move pretty frequently, due to a number of reasons. Homeless students change schools an average of 3 times while homeless. For our volunteers, this means that they may see the students we tutor anywhere from one week...
by SOW_Admin | Mar 30, 2016 | Tutor Tips
Spring break is almost over, and we’re headed back to tutoring on Monday! While we’ve been missing the kids over spring break, our staff has also been working hard on a variety of projects – including this awesome new video that we’ve had in the works! To celebrate...
by Claire Brosman | Mar 23, 2016 | Special Posts
Since our founding in 2001, we’ve watched our community’s investment in our organization grow. Our volunteer tutors provide over 7,700 hours of one-on-one tutoring and individuals, corporations and foundations contribute the necessary monetary support and in kind...
by SOW_Admin | Mar 17, 2016 | Tutor Tips
Every night at tutoring, our goal is that all of our students are able to benefit from having 1:1 homework assistance – but as we all know, this is not always possible. Many times, we will have a new family of four students join us or a tutor will be unable to attend...
by Tonia | Mar 9, 2016 | Spotlights
When we first began tutoring at our two Washington Township school sites, Greenbriar Elementary and Fox Hill Elementary, as part of our Hidden Homeless Initiative, our goal was to reach more students who are part of the “hidden homeless” population. Families who fall...
