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’re highlighting Tiffany Dow, one of our Program Coordinators who manages tutoring at two of our partner locations and helps our tutors and students achieve success together. […]
The ultimate goal we strive for each night of tutoring is for every student to benefit from 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 volunteer will be unable to attend due to an […]
This month’s #SharetheLoveIndy campaign is all about making tutoring possible for the students we serve. Our goal is to make sure every child in our program is able to achieve academic success, even when facing difficult circumstances like homelessness. One thing we’ve learned during this year’s Share the Love campaign is that our programs DO […]
In case you haven’t heard, we have a little thing going on right now: Share the Love! Every February, we are excited for our #SharetheLoveIndy campaign, which allows us to mobilize our awesome network of supporters (all of you!) to help us spread the word and raise funds to impact homeless students in Indianapolis. The […]
Our volunteers are some of the best people we know. We were thrilled to spend last Thursday evening with them at Blind Owl Brewery to kickoff our 2017 Share the Love campaign. It was wonderful to see so many of our tutors, staff, board and committee members, and supporters come together to support students experiencing […]
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 Ana Luis, one of our Program Coordinators who manages tutoring every evening at our partner locations and makes it all happen. What is your role […]
2016 was an amazing year at School on Wheels! 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 awesome community groups who donated their time and program materials during the holidays. As we kick off 2017, we […]
It’s the holiday season, and we’re feeling festive at School on Wheels! Each year we try to make this season of giving bright for our students. For the second year in a row, we were lucky to work with our friends at Royal United Mortgage to hold a holiday celebration for the families at Salvation […]
When I first started at School on Wheels as an AmeriCorps VISTA in 2011, one of my main projects was to revamp the curriculum that we had for tutors to utilize when students were finished with their homework. The main goal was to create activities and games that were easy to play, supported what students […]
Family – noun fam·i·ly \ˈfam-lē, ˈfa-mə-\ a group of people who are related to each other Family is an important part of every person’s life. Our family members are the ones who are there for us no matter what. While all of us have family members who are related by blood, many of us also have people […]
