Calvert House Tutoring Calvert House Tutoring provides tutoring services for local kindergarten to 12th grade students. The learning environment at Calvert House allows the group’s tutors to give their students one-on-one tutoring in a large group setting that also helps establishe a sense of community. Contact: Sarah Manhardt (smanhardt@uchicago. edu)
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE) WYSE is a national mentoring organization which empowers young women with the information and resources they need to make healthy, informed decisions and become leaders in their communities. University of Chicago’s branch works at Madero Middle School in Little Village. Contact: Megan High (mjhigh@uchicago.edu)
Friends of Washington Park Student volunteers mentor and tutor children from the Washington Park neighborhoods through academic enrichment packages and homework assistance. Contact: Audrey McFarland (amcfarland@ uchicago.edu)
AppUp AppUP is the only organization on campus that specifically targets the college application process. The group’s comprehensive year long curriculum provides a unique combination of one-on-one mentorship and group sessions. Contact: Luna Shen (shenl@uchicago.edu)
Splash! Splash! Chicago is dedicated to offering exciting learning opportunities to high school students in Chicago and teaching opportunities to University of Chicago students. Contact: Amy Treber (amytreber@uchicago.edu)
ALMas ALMas is a student organization at the University of Chicago dedicated to helping to reduce the educational and achievement gap between young latinos and their peers by providing after-school bilingual pre-k literacy programs. Contact: Michelle Bueno (mbueno@uchicago.edu)
STRIVE Tutoring Strive Tutoring is a community service RSO that partners with a local non-profit of the same name to provide free one-on-one tutoring to local Chicago Public Schools students. Contact: Megen Cowett (megen@uchicago.edu) Students Teaching at Ray School (STARS) STARS provides one-on-one tutoring and mentoring to ESL students in grades K-8 at William H. Ray Elementary School. Tutors helps students with their homework, reading skills, and communication skills. STARS meets twice a week for an hour at a time. Contact: Claire Wang (mingyuan@uchicago.edu)
Socioeconomic Diversity Alliance SDA is a community of student advocates working to make campus a welcoming environment for lowincome and/or first generation college students. Contact: Jose Heredia (jheredia@uchicago.edu) Students for Criminal Justice Reform Building consciousness and advocating for reform of the criminal justice system. Contact: Daniel Kowalski (dkowalski@uchicago.edu)
Block 58 Block 58 is a student organization seeking to learn about, engage in, and influence education policy in Chicago to promote and support strong, sustainable communities. Block 58 holds discussions open to the public about different issues in education and completes relevant projects, often in collaboration with organizations in Chicago. Contact: Sarah Gourevitch (sgourevitch@ uchicago.edu) Moneythink Moneythink UChicago sends talented studentmentors into high school classrooms all across the city of Chicago to promote financial capability for under-resourced teens. Contact: Dalton Schmit (dschmit@uchicago.edu)
other The Fight for Just Food The Fight for Just Food is a group of University of Chicago students who are organizing to end the University’s relationship with food service providers that profit from prisons. Contact: thefightforjustfood@gmail.com
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