by Claire Brosman | Oct 28, 2015 | Spotlights
Let me take you on a quick tour of 2015 School on Wheels Education Champion Dustin Ecker’s 4th grade classroom at Grassy Creek Elementary School in Warren Township. The tables are arranged for group work. The tops are made for collaboratively working out problems with...
by Sarah | Oct 21, 2015 | 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 Tonia Carriger, one of our Program Coordinators who manages tutoring every evening at...
by SOW_Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Tutor Tips
Today we’re highlighting part two of our recap of Dr. Lori Desautels’ tutor workshop, Learning and the Brain: How Trauma Impacts the Brain and Attention. The first blog in this series covered 5 facts we learned about the effects of stress on the brain...
by SOW_Admin | Oct 7, 2015 | Tutor Tips
Right now at School on Wheels, ALL of our tutoring locations are on Fall Break! Every time we have a break from tutoring, we try to plan a fun, informative educational experience for our volunteers. This time around, we were lucky enough to have a fantastic tutor...
by Sarah | Sep 30, 2015 | Spotlights
It’s no secret that at School on Wheels, we are big fans of kids helping kids. We have some pretty amazing volunteers and supporters of all ages, but not many of them have can say they’ve been involved with us for their whole life. Robbie Blackwell is that exception....
by Kris | Sep 23, 2015 | Tutor Tips
This week is National Keep Kids Creative Week, which is a time set aside to encourage kids to grab hold of their innate creativity and never let go! We embrace creativity in our programming and make a point of infusing education with art during tutoring. One of the...
by SOW_Admin | Sep 16, 2015 | 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 Teresa Unseld, one of our Program Coordinators who manages tutoring every evening at...
by Samantha | Sep 9, 2015 | Spotlights
Our volunteer tutors are key to our students’ academic success. They are amazing, dedicated and compassionate, and each deserve to be recognized. For this month’s tutor spotlight, Volunteer Coordinator Samantha Breeling will introduce you to Nancy Stark, a tutor at...
by Claire Brosman | Sep 3, 2015 | Events
Do you remember your first day of school? The nerves about where to go, who your teachers were, who your new friends were going to be? Can you imagine starting that same school year, but with the added stress of not having a home to return to each night? For the kids...
by Claire Brosman | Aug 26, 2015 | Get Involved
School on Wheels works with 13 Indianapolis shelter sites and schools to ensure the kids we serve have access to a safe and quite place to learn. We are proud that our tutoring program has such strong support from our partners and that we operate in a community so...
