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Franklin Elementary School PTO Auction

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home donated to the auction of Franklin Elementary School of Newton, MA. The money raised will go to help the PTO make technology available, library and classroom purchases, provide a creative arts and sciences program, subsidize field trips, and more to enhance the education of all Franklin Elementary School students. We hope you bid to help the children of Newton.

www.NewtonTutor.com

12th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive Complete List

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Many of you are asking for a re-post of our Y3K Tutor In Your Home 12th Annual Buddy Dog Humane Society Collection Drive complete list. Please note that pick ups continue from now to January 10th.

Most Needed Items:
• Limited-slip or Martingale collars of all sizes
• Non-clumping, clay cat litter
• Litter box deodorizer
• Bleach, laundry detergent, liquid dish soap, sponges
• Waterless hand sanitizer
• New, standard-sized litter boxes (no hood)
• Rubbing alcohol and distilled water

For the Cats and Kittens:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned cat food (any brand, not shredded variety)
• Blankets and soft cat beds
• Towels
• Toys (squeaky toys, balls, stuffed mice, fishing pole toys, catnip)

For the Dogs and Puppies:
• Science Diet brand dry food
• Canned dog food (any brand or variety)
• Leashes (4, 6, or 8-foot; not the retractable kind)
• Toys (squeaky & plush toys; no tennis balls/rope toys)
• Pressed raw hides
• Blankets and soft dog beds
• Step in harness small and medium sizes

For the Staff:
• Office supplies: dry-erase markers & two-pocket folders
• Paper towels and tissues
• Medical supplies such as cotton balls, hydrogen peroxide, Q-Tips, and first-aid items
• Plastic drinking cups
• Ajax cleaner

Gift Certificates: We welcome gift certificates from the following stores, so that we may purchase shelter supplies.
• Walmart
• Petco
• Home Depot
• Lowe’s
• B.J’S Wholesale Club
• Pet Edge
• Target
• Homegoods

MetroWest YMCA

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home recently donated our tutoring and test prep services to the MetroWest YMCA Charity Auction – Helping Kids in Need. Please bid generously as the money raised provides financial assistance for low-income youth to participate at the YMCA and helps fund programs like Teen Night.

Bad Report Card? What To Do #8: Ask Questions

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #8: Ask Questions

Sometimes a student tries their best but still receives a poor grade on their report card. Some questions to ask are:

Is the class too large for your student to get the individualized attention they may require?

Could the time of day of the class have an effect on your student? (For example: early morning, before lunch, or after gym)

Bad Report Card? What To Do #3: See The Teacher

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Bad Report Card? What To Do #3: See The Teacher

Often there are a lot of different components that go into calculating a grade. A simple letter grade on a report card may not provide a clear picture. Your child’s teacher can give you an explanation as to what components specifically may have lowered the grade. The teacher will help you identify what areas in that subject matter require additional support. Then you can decide if the extra support will come from you, the teacher, or a Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutor.

Report Cards

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Report cards can be stressful for many students. If your child’s first term report card does not have the grades you would have hoped for, it does not pay to panic and add to the stress. Some children and their parents outrageously consider a bad report card a death sentence. This is simply not true. A report card can be used as a tool to help a parent have a clearer vision of what strengths and weaknesses their child has. Then once a weakness is on the radar, a parent can begin to address the problem.

There are many factors that go into the grades your child received on the most recent report card. Over the next several days we will take a closer look at first term report cards and what you can do to help your student improve future report cards.

Family Promise Metrowest: Keep The Promise

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Once again Y3K Tutor In Your Home gives back to the community. This time we are donating our tutoring and test prep services to Family Promise Metrowest for their fall fundraiser, “Keep The Promise”. Bidding on our tutoring will help them raise money to assist families and children who are homeless in the Metrowest area.

Parents Agree: Y3K Tutor In Your Home Changes Lives #3

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PARENTS AGREE: Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME CHANGES LIVES

“I wanted to let you know that my son got a B+ on every final exam other than his English final, which was an A-. The extra effort he put into preparing, with your patient help, brought all of his grades up, so that he was able to finish the year with final grades of four A’s and three B’s. You’ve been so wonderfully helpful, as always, but especially during this last challenging term. I can’t thank you enough!”

C.

Newton North High School Parent

Newton, MA

Parents Agree: Y3K Tutor In Your Home Changes Lives #2

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PARENTS AGREE: Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME CHANGES LIVES

“Our son is an incredibly hard worker with a neurologically based learning disability. When he was “drowning” in math nearly two years ago, we reached out to the owner of Y3K Tutor In Your Home. We watched his grades and self-confidence take off. The tutor’s unimpeachable professionalism and patience have made an enormous difference in our son’s life, allowing him to work toward and maintain consistently high grades. These excellent grades have begun to move him into the mainstream curriculum in just his first year of high school! I have recommended Y3K Tutor In Your Home without hesitation to any and all who ask how all of this happened for a once-tearful child who had despaired of ever “learning like other kids”. I tell them that it’s because the tutor meets children where they are so that they can in their own time and way, get where they want to go. All of our son’s present and former teachers remain delighted and astonished by his growth as an enthusiastic, independent learner, who now faces new challenges “head on”. This is a level of confidence that now informs his every endeavor. We couldn’t be happier and wish the same for all struggling students and worried parents.”

Vanessa M.

Newton North High School parent

Newton, MA

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