APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — Apache Junction educators are ensuring no student falls behind, even during spring break.
The Apache Junction Unified School District started a new initiative this school year, tutoring kids before school and during breaks. The district hopes to improve achievement scores as Arizona Department of Education data shows their spring assessment results in English language arts and math are lower than the state’s average.
Teachers helping tutoring students are already seeing improvements, even after just four days during spring break tutoring, saying that it’s beneficial for students to learn one-on-one.
“That’s what that focus does. You can do a lot more in a very short amount of time when you have just a few kids. And you can make sure each one of them understands what you’re teaching and double check with them before they move on to something else,” said Sharon Covington, a teacher at Peralta Trail Elementary School who is tutoring during spring break.
Students are tested before, during, and after the course of the tutoring during break — and scores improved.
“All of them showed huge improvement. Like, for one student, it went from 18% on the first test to 44% on the second one. I had one that did 21% on the first one and 35% on the second one,” Covington said.
Learn more about the program helping students reach their full potential in the video player above.
