THE JOHN B. GORRIE FOUNDATION, INC.’S
MAGIC PROGRAMS 2009-2010
I. TUTORIAL PROGRAM – no charge to participating students or their parents. The costs of this program are covered by Foundation.
Session 1:
87 students invited[1] to Tutorial Program (no charge to parents);
52 students accepted the invitation and participated in the program.
|
GRADE LEVEL |
Pre-Tutorial Test Scores | Post–Tutorial Test Scores |
| 2ND Grade – Reading | 30% | 54% |
| 3rd Grade – Reading | 63% | 79% |
| 3rd Grade – Math | 85% | 94% |
| 4th Grade – Math | 50% | 86% |
| 5th Grade – Math | 49% | 74% |
Session 2: (currently ongoing)
131 students invited to Tutorial Program (no charge to parents);
110 Students accepted the invitation and are participating in the program.
In Session 1 52% of the students invited to the tutorial program accepted that invitation. In Session 2, the acceptance rate jumped to 84%, resulting in twice as many students participating in the MAGIC tutorial program session 2. This indicates an increased need, as well as an increase desire, for MAGIC tutorial services on the part of Gorrie students and their parents.
II. CLUBS – fee charged to participating students’ families.
Session 1: 93 students participated in the Clubs.
Session 2: 98 students are participating in the Clubs.
[1] Invitations are extended based upon teacher assessment of the student’s need for educational assistance/tutoring.
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