The awesome cadets from JROTC have now started tutoring any students in need of extra help in their classes. This excellent opportunity is available to everyone in any grade level. Students can either receive tutoring or just come work on homework in a nice environment.
The JROTC cadets tutor every week during both lunches on Monday and Tuesday, which is always in room 406. After school, they tutor Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-2:15. After school tutoring is held in room 410 depending on the day. There are usually about 2-3 tutors during the designated times. Most of the time, the tutors will stay as long as needed to help each student as much as possible.
Many students that come to tutoring need help with math, and luckily there are tutors that are currently taking calculus, who can help with that type of math. Other than that, JROTC can help with all core subject classes and there are many cadets that can take a wide variety of other electives.
Senior Addason Wing is a Major cadet, and she has organized this whole tutoring program because of her want to help other students.
She says, “I decided to do this because I can understand the material I have been taught and want to help others with that skill that I have to make high school just a little bit easier. We have a lot of cadets that want to help out with tutoring.”
All of the tutors are from the JROTC program, and they all maintain A’s and B’s and don’t have any F’s, N’s or U’s. Wing knows that the cadets are also students, even though they are tutoring others.
“For JROTC, we are student-cadets,” Wing comments. “Being a student is a priority and we want to give our cadets the necessary resources to help them be the best student they can be.”
Wing started tutoring at the end of her sophomore year and has been in charge of it since her junior year. Wing and her fellow cadets provide a place that students can go to to get work done in a quiet environment with few distractions. The tutors are also able to help with harder material other students may be struggling to understand.
“The tutors are not scary, and we like to joke around and will not judge,” Wing explains. “Going to tutoring should not be looked down on, it’s not something that makes you a worse student- if it doesn’t help, at least you won’t be any worse from coming. Anyone that teases about going to tutoring should focus on their own grades.”
Ms. Zimmerman, one of the head instructors for JROTC says, “I love that our cadets have elected to provide an opportunity for other cadets and SRHS students to excel when they are struggling. This helps everyone achieve their goals!”
