Sgt. Yano Library hosts Tutor.com presentation, training

By Lauressa Reese, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and RecreationNovember 2, 2010

Sgt. Yano Library hosts Tutor.com presentation, training
(Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Representatives from Tutor.com led a training session at the Sgt. Yano Library, here, Oct. 20.

Jill Musguire, marketing director, and Kara Froman, facilitator, visited the library to discuss Tutor.com and provide hands-on training to families and Soldiers.

Tutor.com offers Army families free, online tutoring to kindergarten through college-prep students, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tutoring services are available in all grade levels of math, science, English and social studies, at no cost to Army families.

Sgt. Yano Library leads all Hawaii installations with the highest volume of users for this program.

Col. Jay Hammer, executive officer, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, opened the training session with a story about his childhood school days.

"I had a very special person in my life, my tutor," he said. Children and parents listened as he explained the problems he had in school as a child, and how a tutor helped him overcome those challenges.

Froman explained how Tutor.com users can customize their avatars, review previous tutoring sessions and print sessions for future review. Users can even request specific tutors, and personal information is never shared between students and tutors.

Attendees then had a chance to work with a tutor on sample problems. Dakita Jackson-Lundy and her children, Ciera, 7, and NichAfA, 11, were really happy that they stayed for the program.

"Education is very important," Jackson-Lundy said. "I want to go back to college myself. I will definitely be using this online tutoring in the near future."

Taylore Keck, 11, a sixth-grader at Nimitz Elementary School, was eager to try sample problems in the computer lab.

"I think (Tutor.com is) really cool," Keck said. "I ask my parents to help me sometimes, and they try, but sometimes they just can't. I am going to tell all my friends about this.

"I'm in student council," Keck continued, "and will take these flyers to my principal and see if I can put them up at school."

To learn more about Tutor.com, call 808-655-9818 or visit <a href="http://www.myarmyonesource.com/cyss_tutor">www.myarmyonesource.com/cyss_tutor</a>.

Related Links:

Tutor.com information online