Meet the Staff: Laura Long

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 Laura Long, newest member of our School on Wheels family! She was a tutor and office...

10 Tips for Working with Students on the Autism Spectrum

Last semester, Mary Roth, an Autism Ally with the Autism Society of Indiana, came to School on Wheels to do a presentation and Q&A with our Program Coordinators on how to support students on the autism spectrum.  We have a few students dealing with autism in our...

Thank You Grant Supporters!

During February our volunteer tutors and other supporters are helping us #SharetheLoveIndy. As a part of this month when we celebrate the collective power of donors of all giving levels, we want to be sure to highlight some of our foundation supporters. These are a...

Why Our Volunteers #SharetheLoveIndy

Our volunteers are constantly Sharing the Love, whether it’s February or not.  They share the love by being present each week for our students, by giving a high five when a math worksheet is completed or just by hearing what our kids have to say each night.  During...

4 Ways to Get Involved in February

February is an awesome and busy month here at School on Wheels. But it’s also our very favorite time of the year – Share the Love! Share the Love is our annual fundraising and awareness event that harnesses the collective power of our community to help break the cycle...

Did you hear? Art & Sound Kits are at tutoring!

Did you hear we now have a new addition to our fabulous curriculum materials at School on Wheels?  Listen up, because you are going to love this!  It’s a sound addition to the Creativity Kit, right in time for International Creativity Month! We’re so excited to...

Meet the Staff: Allie Wier

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 Allie Wier, one of the newest members of our School on Wheels family! She is...

Guest Post: Learning My Own Lessons

As a tutor for School on Wheels, I made a friend in one of the students I tutored every week and learned my own lessons from him as I tried to help him learn his. I’ll call him Mark. Mark and I worked together on his schoolwork, and as we worked together more...

7 Groups that Made December Great!

School on Wheels had an amazing 2015! Throughout the year, we were honored to receive support from so many fantastic volunteers and donors. But we were especially blown away by the generosity of the MANY individuals and community groups who donated their time or...

Thank you and Happy New Year!

Wow! It’s been such a wonderful year at School on Wheels, thanks to our volunteers, donors and advocates. Each of you has helped us champion for the most vulnerable children in our city and equip them with the resources necessary to break the cycle of...