Tutor center in Butte brings kids, mentors together

Sheldon Staman, a fourth-grader at West Elementary, doesn’t particularly like math. But Butte High senior Beth Stroeher loves it.

So the two, who meet twice a week at the YMCA’s tutoring center, are a perfect match.

And that’s the heart of the more than 20-year-old program which matches older students with younger students who need a helping hand or perhaps a mentor.

“I love little kids,” said Stroeher, who manages to fit in her tutoring duties with being a senior and a cheerleader. And for Staman, the visits are productive, helping bring up her grades and get her homework done.

“I don’t like to do it at home,” she said.

By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard

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