The Columbia Tribune recently reported on HOME WORKS! making a difference in Parkade Elementary. Parkade teachers forge bonds with students through in-home visits Dionne George said she was happy when…
HOME WORKS! Summer 2015 Newsletter
Included in this issue: Wrapping up an Incredible 2014-2015 School Year Meet Joann Rich Training Teachers for Home Visits Teacher Appreciation Amazon Smile Read this issue
New Partnership with Ready to Learn
Ready to Learn, a local St. Louis nonprofit that started in 2011, has been critical in helping provide schools we work in with books for our HOME WORKS! students who…
HOME WORKS! on AmazonSmile!
HOME WORKS! is now participating in AmazonSmile! Every time you shop on Amazon select HOME WORKS! as your charity of choice, and the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases…
Vashon High School Teachers Complete Twenty-Four Successful Home Visits
Vashon High School is of the lowest-performing schools in the state. It is located in a high-poverty neighborhood in North St. Louis. Some teachers there are determined to improve the…
Give STL Day 2015 – Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who donated to HOME WORKS! on Give STL Day 2015! Give STL Day is a 24-hour, online giving event organized annually to grow philanthropy in the…
Parental Involvement Is Key to Student Success
Extensive research has shown that students achieve more in school when their parents are involved in their education. This article discusses the critical role moms and dads can play in…
HOME WORKS! Fall 2014 Newsletter
Included in this issue: Meet our New Team Members HOME WORKS! in the St. Louis Post Dispatch Spotlight on: Adams Elementary Spotlight on: Our Data Team HOME WORKS! Appreciates You…
50% of Male African-American High School Dropouts from .5% of Schools
A salient opinion piece in the New York Times from Robert Balfanz, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Education and the director of the Everyone Graduates Center:…
HOME WORKS! Summer 2014 Newsletter
Included in this issue: The Missing Piece HOME WORKS! Goes to Jefferson City Defining and Refining Parent Engagement How Are We Doing? Avoiding Summer Learning Loss Congratulations to HOME WORKS!…