Climbing Higher

Reach measures success in many ways. The first semester recently came to a close, so we have been looking at the progress that our tutors made from the 1st quarter to the 2nd quarter. While not every one of our students improved, some of our students demonstrated really significant growth. Today, I want to recognize three of our fantastic tutors:

DaQuan presents as one of our quietest tutors, though I know he's more social than he appears. At the end of the first quarter, DaQuan admitted that he could have done better. During the second quarter, he did better. Much better. DaQuan showed an improvement of .52 (on a 4.0 scale).

Eriq has been one of our most consistent tutors. Always quiet, Eriq simply shows up on time and immediately gets to work. He's clearly been bringing that same workman's quality to his academic coursework. From 1st quarter to 2nd quarter, Eriq's GPA showed an improvement of .87.

Romello has really come on strong recently. He has really grown as a tutor during recent weeks, and his academic progress has mirrored his program success. Romello's improvement - a whopping .90! - leads the class.

Thus far, I've collected report cards from 13 of our 16 active tutors. 8 of 13 showed improvement in academic performance (it should be noted that a number of those whose GPA did not rise had very strong performances during the 1st quarter), and I look forward to receiving report cards from the three remaining tutors. The other tutors that showed improvement deserve recognition as well: Brandon, DaJohn, Jonathan, Chynna, and Cawahn.

Thanks, as always, for reading.

Mark