Leadership class teams with club to provide tutoring for finals

As finals approach, freshmen in need of help in subjects like chemistry and calculus will have the chance to meet during tutorials with tutors provided by the Leadership class and the Helping Hands club.

From Dec. 7 to Dec. 16, freshmen are welcome to ask questions about any subject in the staff lounge to students in the two groups.

Leadership adviser Rebecca Marshburn was inspired to put on the event after hearing the idea at a Strategic Planning meeting with parents, teachers and students from both high schools, administrators and board members.

“One of the parents mentioned that she would like to see a tutoring center in the school for all students; therefore, I decided that it would be a good idea to give it a try,” said Marshburn. “I’m curious to see if Saratoga students are open to the idea of having other students tutoring them at school instead of going to see their teachers.”

According to senior Josh Dey, president of Helping Hands, Leadership’s goal aligned with the mission of his club, which is to “tutor those in the community who cannot or are scared to get the help they need.”

Because of their similar intentions and Leadership’s lack of tutors, Marshburn invited Dey to have his club members help out.

“[There’s going to be] five tutors going each day for different subjects,but we’re not sure how many students will show up,” Dey said. “We’re going to advertise and make posters.”

Leadership is assuming that all subjects can be covered, as most Leadership students are upperclassmen and those who need the most help are primarily underclassmen.

“Because everyone has their own area of expertise, we just have leadership students signed up for particular days,” senior Leadership student Ingrid Pan said. “It’s sort of like an open lab where anyone can come in.”

Food will be provided and students are free to just hang out and receive help if needed.

Pan hopes students will be able to make use of and benefit from the opportunity.

“I think that it will go well,” Pan said. “Hopefully people will take advantage of the convenient resource.”