Each One Teach One (EOTO), the University’s signature tutoring initiative that connects WUSTL tutors with area elementary and high-school students, has launched a new program, EOTO: KIPP.
The program will partner with the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Inspire Academy, a new charter school for underresourced youth located in south St. Louis. The University announced in early 2008 that it would serve as institutional sponsor of the St. Louis area’s first-ever KIPP charter school. The school opened its doors for the first time this fall.
KIPP, a network of free, college-preparatory public schools in underresourced communities throughout the United States, has been recognized for its success in putting students on the path to college — nearly 80 percent of KIPP alumni have matriculated to college.
Like all Missouri charter schools, the KIPP school is a public school, open to any student who lives in the City of St. Louis.
Currently, more than 14,000 students are enrolled in 57 KIPP schools located in 17 states and Washington, D.C. More than 80 percent of KIPP students nationwide are low-income, and more than 90 percent are African-American or Hispanic. To learn more about KIPP schools, visit KIPP.org.
The KIPP sponsorship is one of many of the University’s efforts to positively impact schools and children in the St. Louis area.
One of those is Each One Teach One. Founded in 2000 and coordinated by the Community Service Office, the program supports more than 180 WUSTL tutors through four programs: EOTO: Jump Start; EOTO: College Bound; EOTO: AP Prep; and EOTO: KIPP.
Tutors select one day a week and a grade level with which they would like to work. EOTO provides orientation, training and transportation. Tutors are expected to make a three-hour weekly commitment for a minimum of one semester.
“While Each One Teach One started with mainly undergraduate interest and support, these programs are open to anyone,” said Stephanie Kurtzman, director of the Community Service Office and associate director of the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service. “Graduate and professional students, staff and faculty are also welcome and encouraged to volunteer as tutors. Tutoring is a great way to make a positive impact in the community and mentor some wonderful young students.”
The Community Service Office is recruiting tutors for positions this year in all four areas of Each One Teach One. Information sessions will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in Room 276 of the Danforth University Center; at noon Tuesday, Sept. 8, in Room 233; and at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the Mudd House multi-purpose room. The earliest application deadline is Sept. 9.
For more information, visit communityservice.wustl.edu/eoto.