Kilgour's Tutoring Program
By Victoria Butler



For more than thirty years, Kilgour School has had a volunteer tutoring program. I joined the program as a tutor when my daughter was in first grade and have coordinated the program for fifteen of the last sixteen years.

Our tutors share their love for learning with our students during the school day and after school. Among the volunteers are parents, musicians, housewives, business men and women, teachers, retirees, high school and college students and peer tutors from the fifth and sixth grades. Some of our sixth grade peer tutors, Abby Warren, Erin Heiser and Charlotte Petera, are children from our church. HPCUMC members and former Kilgour tutors are Kathy Heiser, Erin 's mom, and Laura Johnson, Charlotte 's mom. Abby's mom, Laura, has not been a tutor but is an extremely active Kilgour Parent.

In addition to Kilgour students tutoring , we have students from Summit Country Day, St. Xavier, Saint Ursula, Seven Hills, Withrow International , Walnut Hills and Purcell-Marian High Schools .

Some of our tutors are former Kilgour students with ages ranging from thirteen to seventy seven. The teachers and students greatly appreciate the volunteers and look forward to their weekly visits. One of our dearly loved tutors was the late Jim Bartlett, a longtime HPCUMC member. Jim spent every Thursday, tutoring students in Math and Science. For several years, Jim's tutoring day began before school and ended an hour after school. He loved Kilgour and worked hard to capture a child's interest and help them to become successful students. His presence is deeply missed.

With the help of Julie Steimle and Jayne Martin Dressing from the Cincinnati Reads Program, we have many service learning students from the University of Cincinnati . Every volunteer comes to us because they possess unique talents and gifts which they want to share with our children.