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Show Tutors to fill learning gap to the students; and to show that these teaching concepts could be used in a regular classroom situation situa-tion and be accepted by the students. stu-dents. Total cost for the tutor study program was $2,320.67. Of that amount, $17.40 was cash paid for supplies; $173.27 was the cost of staff time spent on the project. The remaining $2,130.00 was volunteer vo-lunteer time, returned to CAP as in-kind contributions. Academic progress of students is hard to evaluate although teachers of children tutored gave two evaluations a year. Teacher evaluations do not report the change of attitude toward school and learning experienced by many children. It has been found that these children start participating in class and take a more active interest in-terest in school. Betsy Brandise, a volunteer, explained that just taking an interest in a child helps. At the end of the program you may have done nothing but put a little happiness in a childs life but just this makes the whole experience ex-perience very personally rewarding. reward-ing. In all, the program has been successful. At no time last year did attendance drop off and many students expressed a desire to see the program continued. In fact, many students were sent home because be-cause they did not need help but came because their friends being tutored had told them how fun it was. BY GAYEN BENNETT Staff Writer The Tutor Study Program, a avice of the Community Action Program (CAP), is actively en-aged en-aged in helping children from fust to ninth grades with their study problems. Tutors work on a volunteer basis on a job that, and J ii volunteer Lee Moon says, "retires "re-tires no experience or vast b- mount of education, only a little v. bit of soul." lis The tutor goes to various 1 shools in the valley to work with s one to three students. Many of aese are potential dropouts but 11 lie majority have problems in a ;srticular area. Many are one to iiee years behind in school. Tu- 2 sis try to fill the very large gap 1(, at exists between the student ind his teacher and class, a; The tutor study program was jt -gun by recruiting tutors from iie University and community at iirge. The schools in the CAP area !:re next contacted and asked to " ;fer students with particular irablems in their school work to sis program. As this was done, an aportant bridge was formed bet-f;en bet-f;en the schools and CAP. The S shools cooperated by identifing -e students with problems and ng to their parents to explain necessity of such a program "their child. In the future CAP plans a week : g tutor orientation conducted it fnor to the start of the program I! ad a second one held during 'ristmas break. Tnere are tutoring centers at -i South Salt Lake CAP office, twman Center, Cranite and IfW High Schools, and a new uj 18 expected to open soon in ttj -Redwood area. t riere are about 30 tutors pre-irl pre-irl t; actively participating. Stu-fdi:: Stu-fdi:: are encouraged to join in on b ;s rewarding service. All larif -rested should inquire at the j mi ;-wman Center or CAP Head-elod:- Jarters. tf1; Tle goal stated by the B" :Ws originators was to show ;.ita Program like this could help f i jJents improve their studies as r$ ;" as their attitude toward 4fe U100' and teachers; to prove that ,c( l.me rather unconventional I -'Jiods of teaching could be suc-, suc-, I 'ul in putting over a concept |